Two Fathers, Two Mothers, Two Sisters, No Family: Saving yourself from the dysfunctional family

Two Fathers Two Mothers Two Sisters No Family: Saving Yourself From The Dysfunctional Family by Kingslea Hawk

American singer-songwriter Janis Ian wrote in her composition Jesse, “I won’t tell a soul, not even myself’, a line that very much captures the world of secrecies revealed in Two Fathers, Two Mothers, Two Sisters, No Family. 

In this story of a dysfunctional family, author Kingslea Hawk confronts pedophilia, mental abuse, denial and rampant alcoholism in explaining why he chose estrangement as the pathway toward saving himself.

Hawk works from the pragmatic personal principle that, “nothing, when push comes to shove, is more important than protecting yourself and those in your life that you truly value and who deserve protection. Hence the importance of valuing your defenses, your self -protection strategies and forgiving yourself.”

Two Fathers, Two Mothers, Two Sisters, No Family is not intended to be a prescription for family estrangement – rather it attempts to relieve the anxiety or guilt one may feel over the decision to create distance between one’s self and family members.

ISBN: 978-1-77257-471-5 (PB) – Published July 2026