The international bestseller — over 300,000 copies sold in Hungary. A framework for recognising and healing from intergenerational trauma.
Our families shape who we are. From the circumstances of our conception and the family structure we are born into, to the expectations placed upon us and the love we receive, we are formed by our social and familial network. So if we want to truly know ourselves — to find out why we falter, to explain our anxieties, our repeated relationship patterns — we must look beyond our own lives and discover the secrets, unprocessed losses and limiting beliefs of our parents, grandparents, and ancestors we have never met.
In Inherited Fate, psychologist Noémi Orvos-Tóth invites the reader on a journey of self-awareness that spans generations. Illustrated with vivid stories and questions that invite the reader to engage personally, it is a framework for discovery of the self, the dismantling of inherited beliefs, and the revelation of wisdom stored in the body. We cannot undo what has happened — but if we understand it, the past can help give a different shape to the present and the future.
Praise
“Riveting… will make you think more deeply about your own relationships, and the things that have been left unsaid.” — Mail on Sunday
“Illuminating… a compassionate understanding of how we can recognise and reconcile the legacies we carry.” — Galit Atlas, author of Emotional Inheritance
About the author
Noémi Orvos-Tóth was born in Hungary in 1971. A clinical psychologist since 2010, she founded the Institute for Transgenerational Trauma in 2023. Inherited Fate was first published in Hungary in 2018, where it became a huge bestseller.
