Deborah Orr's Motherwell has Lucy thinking about toxic or dysfunctional family life, and why, like with Meghan Markle and her dad, estrangement is seen as selfish.

Lucy Mangan: "why leaving a toxic family is the right thing to do

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The idea that The Family should be preserved at all costs endures. But families can be and do terrible things

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“The idea that The Family should be preserved at all costs endures. But families can be and do terrible things,” says Lucy Mangan.

Lucy Mangan: “Sometimes leaving your family is the right thing to do”