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Up From Down
A true story of recovery from addiction
Author: Ted Adamson
Paperback, Hardcover (121 pages) & Kindle
Available from Amazon
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UP FROM DOWN is not a book about gloom and doom, but an inspirational book that offers hope to all who have faltered. Strung out on heroin, Ted Adamson began his journey with a SWAT team descending on a pharmacy to stop his wild rampage in search of drugs. From the cruelty in the country jail to race riots in state prison, the hard, gritty life of a drug addict is portrayed in all its real-world ugliness and despair.... Read more...
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The Moose's Children:
A Memoir of Betrayal, Death and Survival
Author: David M. Mokotoff
Paperback (5.25 x 8.25) 192 pages
$13.95 US
Available from Amazon
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" The Moose's Children exposed the ripple effects to the husband, and daughter, of an alcoholic sexual abuse survivor. It is a powerful memoir that will keep you reading up until the very last sentence".... Read More
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It's Okay Sweetie....
One Day You'll Fly
Far, Far Away
Author: Mira S. Hall
Paperback (5 x 8) 91 pages
$6.95 plus shipping
Available in Paperback or E-book at: Amazon
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This is one immigrant's story of physical, mental and sexual abuse. However, it is also a story of hope, survival, triumph and inspiration.
It is one woman's journey from a childhood of abuse and how she learnt to survive. It is one of extraordinary determination to one day find a much better life, no matter what that took, or where in the world that led her... Read More....
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Co-Creating Relationship
Breaking the Chains of the Past
Author: Therese Caveney
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 143 pages
$24.15 US (includes shipping)
Available from Author at: Living Your Vision
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Much as the egg must crack for the baby chick to emerge, the initial romantic, or "being-in-love" state, can never last because this is based on an illusion of the wholeness — but something much better can happen! A moment of inspiration brought about the unique model and process, shared in this book that can turn obstacles into an opportunity to co-create fulfilling relationships... Read More....
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New Shoes
Stepping out of the shadow of sexual abuse and living your dreams
Author: Rebecca Mitchell
Paperback (5 x 7.5) 160 pages
$13.95 US (plus shipping)
Available at: Into The Light |
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Being sexually abused is one of the most destructive events that can occur to someone, especially a child. It can lead to feelings of pain, shame, and trauma which stay with a person throughout their life, damaging their adult relationships and preventing them from living life to the full... Read More...
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My Secret Life
a truthful look at a child actor's victory over sexual abuse
Author: Martha Nix Wade
Paperback (6 x 9) 104 pages
$14.50 US plus shipping
Available from the author at: A Quarter Blue
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Shedding the mask of a wounded child. Revealing the breakout beauty of a victor.
Martha Nix Wade has had tremendous success as a former child actress (co-starring on The Waltons, Days of Our Lives and many other television shows.) While Martha's life appeared to be picture perfect to adoring fans and family members, years of sexual abuse behind closed doors were wreaking havoc on her perception of love, life, relationships, and self... Read More...
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Will the Courageous
A Story About Sexual Abuse
Author: Amy Barth
Paperback (8 x 10) 29 pages
$19.95 plus shipping
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Will is a typical six-year-old boy: he loves to tell "knock-knock" jokes, collect bugs, and play with other kids. On most school days, Will goes to Nana Winnie's until his mom returns from work. Will enjoys having his Nana as a babysitter. Recently, Nana's cousin Perry has come to visit and suddenly Will no longer wants to go there. He starts having nightmares, acting out in school and wetting his bed. Will's parents are worried. What is wrong with Will?... Read More...
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Listen to the Cry of the Child
The Deafening Silence of Sexual Abuse
Author: Barbara J. Hansen
Paperback (6 x 9) 168 pages
$16.00 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site: Listen To The Cry
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Victims of abuse often conceal their pain as they carry their scars. Chained as prisoners of the past, many hide in secrecy, afraid of the consequences of revealing the horrors of childhood experiences. . . Read More ...
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Beautiful Warrior
Prose & Poetry
Messages From The Heart
Author: Dolores M. Miller
Paperback (6 x 9) 111 pages
$14.99 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site: Beautiful Warrior
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Beautiful Warrior Prose and Poetry is a book consisting of
poetry and prose about different aspects of my life.
It shows that we all have similarities and differences, but
most of all it shows beauty and insight into the Warrior Spirit . . . Read More ...
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Rising Above
The Beauty of Life
Healing Messages
Author: Dolores M. Miller
Paperback (6 x 9) 88 pages
$14.99 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site: Beautiful Warrior
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As an author, I strive to reach out to all people, to inspire
and provide health, healing and spirituality ... my healing
words can touch deep inside, to the fibers of the soul.
If you keep believing - even in the most difficult of times,
you will rise above. As I write of God's healing love, hope, . . . Read More ...
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Conquering Incest
My Life As A Trauma Survivor
Author: E. Diane Champé
Paperback (6 x 9) 284 pages
$24.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's Web Site
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An incredible story about a woman's struggle to reclaim her life. Her courage to face the untold truth about her family's shame is a triumph that will leave you with tears of pain and joy.
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Debra Snow, MA
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Gentling
A Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children
Author: William E. Krill, Jr. LPC
Paperback (7.5 X 9.5) 225 pages
$24.95 plus shipping
Available from the author at: Gentling.org
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Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Recovery
Gentling represents a new paradigm in the therapeutic approach to children who have experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and have acquired Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result. This text redefines PTSD in child abuse survivors by identifying child-specific behavioral signs commonly seen, and offers a means to individualize treatment and measure therapeutic outcomes through understanding each suffering child’s unique symptom profile.... Read More...
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Reena's Bollywood Dream
Author: Jewel Kats
Paperback (8 X 10) 20 pages
$15.95 plus shipping
Available from the author at: JewelKats.com
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Reena wants to be a star… A Bollywood star. Unfortunately, her family won’t stand for it. It doesn’t help that Reena is only eight-years-old. However, a beacon of hope arrives in the form of Uncle Jessi. He’s just emigrated from India to America, and is a welcome addition to her family household. Uncle Jessi and Reena share a special bond. Not only are they old pen pals, but he recognizes her desperation to become a Bollywood actress. One day, Uncle Jessi plans a secret surprise.... Read More...
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Surviving A House Full of Whispers
Author: Sharon Wallace
Paperback (6 x 9) 158 pages
Available from the author's web site at:
www.sharonwallace.co.uk
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Sharon suffered continual physical and sexual abuse from her stepfather for seven years. Unfortunately, no one would listen to her or believe her story. At age 16, she finally finds the courage to flee from her tormenters. Social Services find her the first of a string of temporary jobs between which she criss-crosses England trying to find a safe haven.
However, she cannot escape her "night devil" completely... Read More...
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It's Your Choice!
Decisions That Will Change Your Life
Author: Marjorie McKinnon
Paperback (6 x 9) 193 pages
$19.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site: The Lamplighters
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Are you ready to have balance and harmony in your life?
It's Your Choice! Decisions That Will Change Your Life is a work of personal discover. Marjorie McKinnon shows you how to create a perfect world through positive growth in what she calls the six dimensions: mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, social, and financial... Read More....
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All You Need Is One:
How To Make Friends After Being Abused
Author: Adam Appleson
E-Book — 114 pages
$20.00 US
Available from the author at: Zentactics
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How do you go about making friends after surviving child abuse?
Especially when you don't seem to have all the loving support at your disposal that other people have been blessed with?
It may feel impossible to make friends, especially after you've been abused... Read More...
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No Longer Silent
Author: Tammy Gagnon
Paperback (6 x 9) 223 pages
$14.95 plus shipping
Available from the author at: TammyGagnon.com
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One in three women is a victim of sexual abuse before they turn 19. No Longer Silent could be the story of your friend or neighbor, your parent or your lover. No Longer Silent might be your story. No Longer Silent is the life story of Tammy Gagnon.
Tammy left home at 14, fleeing an incestuous childhood. Running from guilt and shame too overwhelming for any little girl, Tammy experienced further betrayal and feelings of worthlessness, suffering from additional sexual assaults on her young body. Turning to alcohol and drugs numbed the pain for short periods. After years of attempting to numb the pain this resulted in more questions than answers. "Why didn't I tell? Why me? Why can't I cry? What is wrong with me?" She was out of control and destructive. She ended up in prison... Read More...
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Malicious Minds
Author: Anniko Kevin
Paperback (6 X 9) 37 pages
9.00 + Shipping
Available from: RoseDog Books
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The author battles against community apathy as she struggles to remove books promoting depravity from over five hundred public libraries in Australia. The paperbacks are the self-published creations of her father... Read More...
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Anastasia and The Ghostly Owl
(The Choice Was Hers!)
Author: Anita E. Wladichuk, B.A., B.Ed.
Paperback (7.75 x 7.75) 48 pages
11.95 + Shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.ghostlyowl.com/
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Wouldn't You Like To Climb The Highest Mountain, Your Mountain To Success?
You are all unique and bring a gift to the world that needs to be untapped. For some, the hardships along the road make their journey more difficult, and for others the journey is quite simple. Yet there are others that can not see their way through. This book is a story about learning how adversity can change and turn your life around to allow you to soar to the highest level you want to ascend... Read More...
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Code of Silence chronicles in poetry one woman's journey from being sexually abused as a child to embracing life and love as a woman.
"I've written this book for survivors, health care professionals, parents, lovers, ... I am a survivor; I know the dark underbelly; I obeyed the code of silence."
Excerpt from the Author's Forward. Read More...
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Following the Whispers
Creating a life of inner peace and self-acceptance from the depths of despair
Author: Karen Walker
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 164 pages
$14.95 plus shipping & handling
Available from Amazon
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Karen Walker seemed to always have known that the whispers were there — the confidence and courage to heed them, however, were her lifetime journey.
In her poignant memoir, Karen Walker traces the effects of a cold, loveless home environment and an early sexual molestation on her growth, marriage, motherhood, and career... Read More...
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the heArt of my reVersing
A redemption song through original poems and short stories in verse
Author: Lili Tuwai
Paperback (6 x 9) 103 pages
$14.95 plus shipping or download for $7.00
Available from the author's web site at: http://stores.lulu.com/lilituwaiphd
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This collection of poems and short stories in verse reflects Lili Tuwai’s talent as a writer and poet. She writes candidly about the wounds of child sexual abuse, domestic violence, infidelity and betrayal. Her soulful verses also embrace and celebrate the joys of love, friendship, nature and wishful thinking. We are also given insight into the chore of coping with agoraphobia.Read More...
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Breakaway
How I Survived Abuse
Author: Nadia Sahari
Paperback (6 x 9) 272 pages
$19.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.nadiasaharibook.com/Store.html
(signed or autographed with choice of additional gift while supplies last)
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Nadia Sahari tells the remarkable, true story of her early life. Nadia was born in Lebanon to Arab parents who were Shia Muslims. Breakaway, her sensational journey through abuse, lifts the veil on her struggle for freedom. Until her early twenties, she was a victim of many abuses, including molestation, repeated beatings, rape, kidnapping and several attempts on her life. Miraculously she survived. Through it all she clung to her dream to be an actress. She never gave up. Today she is finally living her dream after years of healing...
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The Doghouse Angel
From the Darkness of Abuse to the Light of Healing
Author: Kimberly Steward
Paperback (6 x 9) 103 pages
$10.95 US plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.kimberlysteward.com/index.htm |
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THE DOGHOUSE ANGEL IS ONE WOMAN'S ACCOUNT OF EXPERIENCING, SURVIVING, AND THRIVING BEYOND AN ABUSIVE CHILDHOOD.
One of a family of 18 children who were routinely physically, emotionally, and sexually abused by their father and uncle, Kim Steward writes, not to encourage self-pity or to sensationalize, but to help victims understand that:
- they are not alone
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are capable of healing, if willing to do the work
- they are capable of thriving beyond healing
- they have knowledge of abuse, which translates to power
- they must use that knowledge for good
- they are integral in stopping the cycle ... Read More...
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The Color of Secrets
Encouraging Children to Talk About Abuse
Author: Kimberly Steward
Paperback (5 x 8) 22 pages
$9.95 US / $13.95 Canada plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.kimberlysteward.com/index.htm |
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The Color of Secrets is designed to be a sensitive and non-threatening resource for individuals working in the helping professions. It provides them with a means by which they can encourage children, both verbally and visually, to break the silence that prevents them from getting help and outlines several of the choices that are available... Read More...
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The Lie That Binds
Overcoming the tragic effects of child abuse
Author: Larry Sault & Clair Heath
Paperback (6 x 9) 137 pages
14.95 plus $3.79 shipping & handling
Available from: http://www.divinechoices.org/
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In a father’s arms, a child should find safety. But what happens when that place of safety becomes a prison of secret abuse? Physical, mental, and sexual abuse takes its toll on a child’s heart by smothering any hope of a safe tomorrow. These kinds of adolescent assaults can imprison the heart of a child held captive by the guilt and the shame of a dark past, leaving only a sense of doom and the constant fear of the future. At the hand of their father, each and every member of the Sault family was brutally violated... Read More...
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I Am a Super Kid
An Age-Appropriate Guide to Begin Teaching Preschoolers about Sexual Abuse Prevention
Author: Martha "Nix" Wade
Paperback (5.25 x 8) 13 pages
2 Free copies with a donation of $10 or more --- one to keep and one to give away!
Available from: http://www.aquarterblue.org/stickers.htm
(There are some beautiful jewelry pieces for sale on this site as well!)
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I am a Super Kid!
I am learning to protect my private parts and tell the truth.
The doll pictured (on back cover) is A QUARTER BLUE's SHOUT OUT STOP DOLL. These dolls allow children to role-play shouting out, "STOP!" when someone tries to touch their private parts... Read More...
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This book is a lively and compassionate mix of spiritual practice and inner child healing. It brings together psychotherapy and spirituality to create inner and outer change. To heal ourselves we must first connect with and heal our inner child. We need to address the past, heal our pain and let go of limiting beliefs. We have not come here to suffer, we have come to let our light shine and to reach our highest potential. This book is the first step... Read More ...
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Saved From Silence
A Memoir
My Journey Back from a Childhood of Abuse
Author: Amanda Richardson
Paperback (6 x 9) 136 pages
$14.95 US plus shipping
Available from the publisher's web site at iUniverse |
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Amanda and her family displayed the essence of a perfect family. But the secrets contained within were destroying Amanda's life. Though friends and relatives knew that her father — an upstanding citizen, a contributing member of society, and a religious family leader — was strict, they had no knowledge of the physical, mental, and emotional torture he inflicted upon Amanda and her brother, David. After four years of sexual abuse, Amanda felt like an empty shell of a human being and incapable of any productive future...
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Awakening The Spirit
The Open Wide Like a Floozy Chronicles
Author: Cindy L. Herb
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 223 pages
$17.95 plus tax and shipping
To purchase this book, visit the author's web site at: http://www.cherbchronicles.com:80/ |
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Discover a path to spiritual recovery
Streams of personal healing fill the pages of author Cindy L. Herb's autobiographical Awakening the Spirit: The Open Wide Like a Floozy Chronicles. Scarred by a childhood rife with the piercing pain of rape and molestation along with the unrelenting grief of neglect, Cindy emerged into adulthood burdened with a damaged and fragmented soul. But refusing to carry the weight of others' sins, she set out to uncover the bitter roots of her suffering and, in the end, found a simple process that permits true healing... Read More ...
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Spirit Unbroken
A Journey of Hope, Survival and Beating the Odds
Author: Sue Brown
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 200 pages
$20.00 plus shipping
Available from: http://www.suebrownauthor.com/ |
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One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before their eighteenth birthday.
It is one of America's darkest secrets. The statistics need to change and it begins with us. Patricia's story is a positive testament to hope, survival, and beating the odds. It can be shared with everyone and applied to all types of abuse: physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual. The effects are far reaching and pervade every aspect of our society. Read More ...
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Carpenter takes us on a heart-wrenching journey through one man’s nightmare of child abuse, an abuse that continues into his adulthood and nearly drives him to suicide. My Safe Haven will leave you emotionally spent as you experience: Sadness for a little boy named Rick who’s only crime was being born, Anger toward the mother who brutalizes him, Horror at her methods of abuse, and ultimately, Inspiration and Encouragement for the man who grows to finally realize that he’s not the monster. ~Joe Kovak
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Execution of Childhood Innocence
A Backward Journey to a Forward Destination
Author: Demi Shugrue
Paperback (5 x 7) 138 pages
$11.99 US plus shipping
Available from the publisher at: Tate Publishing
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The Execution of Childhood Innocence: A Backward Journey to a Forward Destination transports you to a front row seat through the journey of a lifetime. In a unique style, author Demi Shugrue investigates the construction of her protective shield throughout the atrocities of abuse and applies the information to an understanding of the dynamics of adult personal interaction. The truth that lies behind the eyes of the battered child brings light to the shadows and reality... Read More ...
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Can't Touch My Soul
A Guide For Lesbian Survivors
of Child Sexual Abuse
Author: Donna Rafanello
Paperback (6 X 8.5) 407 pages
$16.95 plus shipping
Available from the publisher:
http://www.alysonbooks.com/self-help.htm
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The first book of its kind, CAN'T TOUCH MY SOUL offers lesbian survivors of child sexual abuse a variety of strategies for recovery and beyond. In this empowering guide, child and family counselor Donna Rafanello presents the voices of more than 60 survivors. These courageous women describe their efforts to trust again, love their bodies, deal with issues specific to lesbian survivors of child sexual abuse, and find intimacy while struggling with the long-term effects of abuse... Read More ...
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Hannah's Shame
A true life story
Author: Derek Leinster
Paperback (6 x 8) 200 pages
To purchase, visit: www.derekleinster.com |
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Derek Leinster is a survivor.
Hannah's Shame is the inspirational story of one boy's Irish childhood spent in poverty because of the neglect of the Church of Ireland, of his lifelong search for who he is and of his fight for justice.
Abandoned by his birth mother in a Children's Home where illness, hunger and neglect were commonplace, ... Read more...
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Destiny Unknown
A true life story
Author: Derek Leinster
Paperback (6 x 8) 208 pages
To purchase, visit: www.derekleinster.com
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Following the huge success of Derek Leinster's first book, Hannah's Shame, which detailed his appalling childhood and his search to find out who he was, Destiny Unknown is his continuing story.
At 18 Derek fulfilled his dream to go to England and meet his destiny. This book follows his fight to establish a life for himself in a new country... Read More...
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Author: Zoompad
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 192 pages
Available online from Amazon books
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by ordering it from any bookstore
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This satirical first novel by Zoompad looks at growing up in the Sixties and Seventies, highlighting the ludicrous injustices of the Pindown system.
A young girl is sexually abused, taken into care, and then farcically re-abused by the very system that was supposed to be looking after her.... Read More...
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The Third Floor Window
A True Story of Secrets, Survival and Hope
Author: Colleen Spiro
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 109 pages
Available in E-book - 8.95
Paperback - 12.95 plus shipping
To purchase this book, visit the author's web site at: http://www.thethirdfloorwindow.com:80/
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A journey of healing and hope...
Colleen thought she had dealt with her past once and for all. Then the clergy sexual abuse crisis in her beloved Catholic Church hit the newsstands. An incest survivor herself, she was devastated by the painful memories and buried emotions bubbling up to the surface. And then there was that question that she heard asked over and over — "Why didn't the victims tell someone?" ... Read More...
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Little Boy Broken
Little Boy Broken is now an Ebook
Author: Jeremy Todd
To purchase this book, visit the author's web site at: http://www.littleboybroken.net/
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This true-life book discloses acts of extreme mental, emotional, physical and sexual childhood abuse. When I was age six, my father began selling me to neighborhood male and female pedophiles. The abuse ended six years later in an act of murder as I fought to escape from being sold a third time to a group of child molesters. Following this incident, my father intended, and attempted, to execute me to keep me quiet. I present this story as a case study, thoroughly detailing extreme child abuse as I experienced it, and survived it. I beat the odds and lived to tell the story.... Read More...
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'Survivors' Stories'
'An Enlightening Journey through the differing lives of
Child Abuse Survivors'
Author: Morven Fyfe
Paperback (7.5 x 9.5) 256 pages
Available from the author's web site:
http://www.survivors-stories.co.uk/
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Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey were amongst the first to reveal the truth about their childhoods. In the UK, the expanding list includes Billy Connolly, Sinead O'Connor, Heather Mills, the late John Peel and Ozzy Osbourne. Celebrities want to enable others to break the silence, yet how do we do that ... and what on earth do we say?
This is the first in the series, 'Survivors' Stories' , the basis from which this, and all future compilations of survivors' stories are presented. Based upon a wide range of child abuse experiences, these stories illustrate child abuse survivors' lives in a revealing and compelling way... Read More...
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What Will Set You Free
From Pain to Passion in 7 weeks!
Author: Cynthia James
Paperback (5.5 x 8.25) 144 pages & CD
$19.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.whatwillsetyoufree.com |
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Cynthia James is an accomplished counselor and teacher. She has assisted thousands of people, just like you, to move through their fears, doubts and painful experiences to reclaim the wonderful masterpiece that is their life... Read more...
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Beyond The Tears
A True Survivor's Story
Author: Lynn C. Tolson
Paperback (6 x 9) 291 pages
$22.00 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.beyondthetears.com
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A true story, Beyond the Tears begins with the suicide attempt of an abused and addicted twenty-five-year-old woman. In the aftermath, she commits to counseling to recover from anxiety and depression associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. The author engages the reader in therapy sessions where the young woman reveals dysfunctional family relationships, including domestic violence, sexual abuse, and mental illness. Due to the therapeutic process, the woman discovers a path to love and the value of life, and she ultimately achieves a life that reflects health and happiness. In sharing this inspirational journey, the author provides a message of hope... Read More...
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REPAIR For Toddlers
A Children's Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse
Author: Marjorie McKinnon
Paperback (8.5 x 11) 39 pages
$24.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at:
The Lamplighters |
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A Program for children ages 2 to 6 for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse
Enter a Six-Stage Program with your child to cross the Bridge of Recovery
and make available a whole new world of hope: .... Read More...
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REPAIR For Kids
A Children's Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse
Author: Marjorie McKinnon
Paperback (8.5 x 11) 82 pages
$34.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at:
The Lamplighters |
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A Program for children ages 6 to 12 for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse
Enter a Six-Stage Program with your child to cross the Bridge of Recovery
and make available a whole new world of hope: ... Read More...
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Repair Your Life
A Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse — Adult Version
Author: Marjorie McKinnon
Paperback (5.5 x 8.5) 140 pages
$20.00 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site: The Lamplighters
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Marjorie McKinnon has been writing since the age of thirteen, when she wrote poetry to hide her pain. Despite her father's confession in her mid-thirties about an incestuous relationship he'd had with her, she had buried all memories of the childhood trauma. During recovery she wrote about her experience and what it was like to emerge on the other side of "the bridge of recovery." It is a chronicle of growing up in small Midwestern towns in a Catholic family and of hiding her anguish behind words, poetry that she termed her inner voices. It is also a detailed account of the journey one takes in going from a place of despair to one of joy. That book, titled Let Me Hurt You and Don't Cry Out became her first attempt to publish... Read More...
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Secret Strength For Depression Sufferers —
E-Book
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REVIEWS:
Many people who suffer childhood abuse wonder, “Why did God allow me to be hurt so badly?” and think “I must be so unlovable, even God can’t love me.” Rather than blaming the people who abuse them, many people blame God for their suffering and turn their backs on Him. They trudge and struggle through life on their own without ever asking for, or rejecting, God’s help. Most of these people suffer with unexplainable depression... Read More...
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Invisible Girls
The truth about sexual abuse
Author: Dr. Patti Feuereisen
Paperback (5.5 x 8) 233 pages
$15.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.girlthrive.com/
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THE STATISTICS ARE STAGGERING.
ONE IN FOUR GIRLS will experience sexual abuse by the time she is sixteen, and 48 percent of all rapes involve a young woman under the age of eighteen. It's not surprising then, that in a society where sexual abuse of young women is rampant, many women never share their stories. They remain hidden and invisible... Read More...
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Claire Silva began writing “A Child’s Heart Speaks: Surviving Sexual Abuse” after she learned that her two children had been sexually abused by their older stepbrother. The abuse was secretly committed at night while the family slept. A professional in the social service field, Silva was shocked to learn that there was little support for her family. In her struggle to learn how to help her children and understand the trauma they had experienced, Silva interviewed adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse... Read More...
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Find Your Way to Freedom Today!
If you were abused or neglected as a child, chances are that you have been your whole life, whether you are a man, a woman, or a teen. Child abuse so mangles the personality that the victim unconsciously attracts abusers throughout the life cycle. Lies about yourself were planted deep in your mind by the abuse, and you still believe them. They are crippling your life! Do you have any of these signs... Read More...
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Spilled Milk
Author: Holly Goldstein
Paperback (6 x 9) 160 pages
$13.95 plus shipping
Available from the author's web site at: http://www.hollygoldstein.com/
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Holly Goldstein writes about life with an abusive alcoholic father and an equally abusive and vicious mother in such a way that the reader is left with optimism and hope – for both the writer and the reader. Ms Goldstein is able to talk frankly about the ugliness of her childhood and how the black tendrils of child abuse claw their way through time into adulthood, constantly trying to pull one back into the misery of the past. To escape is difficult and to forget is challenging – but not impossible... Read More...
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A House Full of Whispers
Author: Sharon Wallace
Paperback (6 x 9) 150 pages
Available from the author's web site at: www.sharonwallace.co.uk
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A House Full of Whispers is a true account of my struggle through unimaginable times. Abandoned by my parents at an early age and consistently abused throughout my young life. Firstly by my foster parents and in a cruel twist of fate by my biological mother. Retreating into a world of make believe in an attic I stumbled across in yet another orphanage. Once again someone came to claim me as a daughter, only this time it was my birth mother. All my birthday and Christmas wishes were being granted. Step-daddy loved me in a special way – the special way that becomes a secret, a secret that had devastating results. Mother allowed many deplorable things to happen to me, and played torturous games with my mind... Read More...
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Cathartic Chronicles: Rikki's Story
Author: Chae Ashlie
Paperback (5 x 8) 425 pages
$24.95 plus shipping
Available from the author at: Rikki's Story
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Rikki's father believed he had the right to use his young daughter as his private slave. Because she was his daughter and living under his roof, she was his to do with as he pleased and his greatest personal pleasures were derived from torturing Rikki and using her for his perverse sexual urges.
This book is like a How-To Guide to have a father charged with child abuse 20 years later. It's about a father's 16-year reign of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and torture of his young daughter and of the 'poor quality' of life that followed her escape. It details how society not only fails her but can be complicit and additionally abusive... Read more...
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In this unique and true personal account of life after childhood traumas such as molestation, divorce, and mental abuse, the reader will be able to look inside the mind and life of the survivor. The reader will gain insight into the struggles one faces from childhood to adulthood after the trauma. This book courses through self-destruction, self-injurious behavior, self-help, and professional counseling. Experience life through the eyes of the survivor as only he can describe with true accuracy. Professionals have published regarding male molestation, but only a few survivors have written books concerning their life experiences, and these books stand alone. No one can accurately bring the content to life like the survivor, and this book undeniably stands alone in writing style and substance... Read More...
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Dad's Way
A Funny, Tragic Tale About Growing Up In Rural America
Author: David J. Wywial
Paperback (5 x 8) 48 pages
$9.95 plus shipping
Available from the publisher's web site at iUniserve
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An autobiography of a childhood to remember and to share with others; from overcoming child abuse and alcoholism to creating a new, improved life. Something different that keeps your interest going. Each page builds anticipation to the next chapter. This is one of the few books you’ll read cover to cover, then, read it again.... Read More...
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Ellie
A Story of Profound Loss and Abuse
Author: Deborah Rose
Paperback (5 x 8) 97 pages
$10.00 plus shipping
Available from the author: Debbie11275@comcast.net
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Ellie begins her life with loving parents and a stable home. Tragedy strikes when she is seven years old with the death of her mother. Her father’s death one year later plunges Ellie into a nightmare of abuse and frequent moves. Her ever-changing caregivers have one thing in common…a sinister force who has made Ellie the target of his obsession. He torments Ellie until he breaks the essence of her, leaving a terrified shell where a happy child should be. Ellie endures the remaining years of her childhood and adolescence isolated emotionally, longing for love. Though broken in spirit and beaten down, she eventually finds the courage to break free. After some time as a homeless runaway, Ellie finds her way in making a life for herself. Ultimately, this is a story that will inspire and give hope to anyone who has faced challenges in life... Read More...
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