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Books like Murphy’s Boy

If you loved Murphy’s Boy by Torey Hayden, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Educators, Dysfunctional Families, Child Abuse, and Abuse.

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Top related books to Murphy’s Boy

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Murphy’s Boy.

One Child The True Story of a Tormented Six-Year-Old and the Brilliant Teacher Who Reached Out — Torey Hayden

One Child The True Story of a Tormented Six-Year-Old and the Brilliant Teacher Who Reached Out

Themes: Educators • Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse

This Will Be Funny Later A Memoir — Jenny Pentland

This Will Be Funny Later A Memoir

Themes: Educators • Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse

Cut The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl who was Desperate to be Part of a Family — Cathy Glass

Cut The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl who was Desperate to be Part of a Family

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

American Daughter A Memoir — Stephanie Thornton Plymale

American Daughter A Memoir

Stephanie Thornton Plymale

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Crying for Help The Shocking Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past — Casey Watson

Crying for Help The Shocking Story of a Damaged Girl with a Dark Past

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

The Sensitive One A Memoir — Susan F. Morris

The Sensitive One A Memoir

Susan F. Morris

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Naked — Jo Hill

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Frontier Follies Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere — Ree Drummond

Frontier Follies Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

The Council of Dads My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me — Bruce Feiler

The Council of Dads My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

#Imomsohard — Kristin Hensley

Kristin Hensley

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker — Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker

Barry Sonnenfeld

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

The Child Bride — Cathy Glass

The Child Bride

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Coming Clean A Memoir — Kimberly Rae Miller

Coming Clean A Memoir

Kimberly Rae Miller

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Wild Game My Mother, Her Secret, and Me — Adrienne Brodeur

Wild Game My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Baggage Tales from a Fully Packed Life — Alan Cumming

Baggage Tales from a Fully Packed Life

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

A Good Mom’s Guide to Making Bad Choices — Jamilah Mapp

A Good Mom’s Guide to Making Bad Choices

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

The Less People Know About Us A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity — Axton Betz-Hamilton

The Less People Know About Us A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

Axton Betz-Hamilton

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Angels with Dirty Faces: Five Inspiring Stories — Casey Watson

Angels with Dirty Faces: Five Inspiring Stories

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Can I Come HOME Now? — Barbara Godin

Can I Come HOME Now?

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

A Teenager’s Journey Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse — Richard B. Pelzer

A Teenager’s Journey Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse

Richard B. Pelzer

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Afraid to Tell — Tom Heidi

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Where You End and I Begin A Memoir — Leah McLaren

Where You End and I Begin A Memoir

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

Dancing with the Octopus A Memoir of a Crime — Debora Harding

Dancing with the Octopus A Memoir of a Crime

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

The Fact of a Body A Murder and a Memoir — Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

The Fact of a Body A Murder and a Memoir

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Themes: Dysfunctional Families • Child Abuse • Abuse

If Murphy’s Boy by Torey Hayden is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Educators, Dysfunctional Families, Child Abuse and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Torey Hayden, Jenny Pentland, Cathy Glass, Stephanie Thornton Plymale, and others.

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Just Another Kid The True Story of Six Children Impossible to Reach and the Amazing Teacher Who Embraced Them All — Torey Hayden

Just Another Kid The True Story of Six Children Impossible to Reach and the Amazing Teacher Who Embraced Them All

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until Someone Listened — Torey Hayden

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until Someone Listened

Beautiful Child — Torey Hayden

Beautiful Child

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened — Torey Hayden

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened — Torey Hayden

Twilight Children Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened

Beautiful Child The True Story of a Child Trapped in Silence and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her — Torey Hayden

Beautiful Child The True Story of a Child Trapped in Silence and the Teacher Who Refused to Give Up on Her

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