Recommend a book to help me understand my toxic,dysfunctional family and the roles people end up with like hero, helper, scapegoat etc?

[CliffordTheBigBlueDog]

Just what it says in the subject really. Is there a book that you'd particularly recommend on this subject.

Its very old now but I enjoyed Families and How To Survive Them by John Cleese.

Bradshaw on the family
Eric Byrne, The Games People Play

@CliffordTheBigBlueDog I highly recommend Susan Forward either Toxic Parents, or Mothers who Can't Love.

Thanks @lily298, @spikyplants2021,
@CyranosBestie for your suggestions.

I was going to recommend transactional analysis too - I'm ok, you're ok is another one but Eric berne is fab. It's quite old-fashioned in some ways but a classic