Best Seller
Hello Again
Hardcover
$32.00
Available on Apr 27, 2027 | 320 Pages
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Myth of Normal, a path forward for parents and adult children locked in a difficult relationship
What happens when the people who shaped you, or the ones you shaped— are the very ones you can’t seem to reach—or can’t bear to be close to anymore?
In Hello Again, physician and trauma expert Gabor Maté joins his son Daniel Maté to illuminate the uniquely charged bond between parents and their adult children—a relationship defined by love, history, and an imbalance of power that never fully disappears.
Drawing on decades of clinical insight, hard-won personal experience, and their widely attended workshops, the Matés show why this “set menu, no substitutions” relationship so often becomes the site of recurring misunderstandings, resentment, withdrawal, or explosive conflict—even when both sides genuinely want things to be better.
This book doesn’t promise a tidy reconciliation or a “happy ending.” Instead, it offers something more realistic and more hopeful: a fresh start—whether that means rebuilding closeness, establishing steadier boundaries, or finding peace at a distance.
Inside you’ll find:
For anyone who has ever thought, “I love them—so why is this so hard?” Hello Again is a wise, steady companion toward clearer seeing, truer connection, and lasting change.
What happens when the people who shaped you, or the ones you shaped— are the very ones you can’t seem to reach—or can’t bear to be close to anymore?
In Hello Again, physician and trauma expert Gabor Maté joins his son Daniel Maté to illuminate the uniquely charged bond between parents and their adult children—a relationship defined by love, history, and an imbalance of power that never fully disappears.
Drawing on decades of clinical insight, hard-won personal experience, and their widely attended workshops, the Matés show why this “set menu, no substitutions” relationship so often becomes the site of recurring misunderstandings, resentment, withdrawal, or explosive conflict—even when both sides genuinely want things to be better.
This book doesn’t promise a tidy reconciliation or a “happy ending.” Instead, it offers something more realistic and more hopeful: a fresh start—whether that means rebuilding closeness, establishing steadier boundaries, or finding peace at a distance.
Inside you’ll find:
- A clear map of why the parent/adult-child bond is uniquely triggering—and why it’s also uniquely repairable
- Parent and adult-child “prototype” patterns that reveal what’s really happening beneath the argument
- Practical tools to pause, self-regulate, and communicate without collapsing into old roles
- Boundary guidance that protects dignity without hardening into punishment
- A realistic approach to accountability, grief, and forgiveness—without self-erasure
- Paths forward that honor safety, including less contact when that is the healthiest choice
For anyone who has ever thought, “I love them—so why is this so hard?” Hello Again is a wise, steady companion toward clearer seeing, truer connection, and lasting change.
Author
Gabor Maté, MD
A celebrated speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics, such as addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the New York Times bestseller The Myth of Normal, the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction; When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress; and Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. He is also the co-author of Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in more than forty languages.
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Daniel Maté
DANIEL MATÉ is an acclaimed composer-lyricist who has received the Kleban Prize for Lyrics, the ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award, and a Jonathan Larson Grant. His musicals include The Longing and the Short of It, Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter, Middle School Mysteries, and a forthcoming adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter. He also runs a popular “mental chiropractic” service called Walk With Daniel. danielmate.comwalkwithdaniel.com
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