Child abuse Books

Harvesting Silence is the powerful true story of Sarah Cook's journey from voiceless child to courageous survivor.Growing up in the leafy Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia, Sarah's life appeared idyllic-her father, a WWII hero and beloved...

In this book Lisa takes you through the inner most depths of her soul. From identity confusion of not knowing or understanding the difference between a boy and girl and which one she most identified with to molestation and sexual assault to catching her...

Tough Guy is the creation story of Jimmy. As he becomes a man, Jimmy's personality, abusive tendencies, and selfishness are deeply ingrained into his psyche. Jimmy has little awareness or concern about the impact he has on the people most deserving of...

Nobody wants to believe that the relationship, family, corporation, or religion they are involved in is an abusive system. That's why it can be particularly difficult to identify these systems in our lives, and even more difficult to leave them. I Walked...

"Is it possible to describe the confusion and shame I felt every time daddy came to my bedroom and used me to fulfill his sexual perversion? Is it possible to describe the fear that consumed me when I thought I was pregnant with my dad's baby?" Daddy's...

This book is about a family consumed by violence, and also how it affected different members of the family. This book also shows how the abuse or violence affected the parents as the perpetrators. Then the book shows where the violence came from and how...

In this psychologically gripping memoir, Blake Allmendinger returns to his childhood home after a forty-year absence. His homecoming to the struggling farming community of Rocky Ford, Colorado, formerly known as the Melon Capital of the World, forces the...

When Adoption Fails: Abuse, Autism, and the Search for My Identity is the story of Theresa Werba, an undiagnosed autistic adoptee who endured an abusive adoptive home, several identity changes, a disinheritance, and the discovery of her biological mother...

Ostracized is a book covering the abuse sustained in a particular family. Juss Shy, the author, goes in great detail telling how people's lives are impacted based upon certain types of abuse inflicted upon them from family members and other people.

The 1960's were a turbulent time in our history.  Our leaders were assassinated, America was bogged down in Vietnam, casualty numbers fought for space with Anti-War and Civil Rights movements on the front pages of every newspaper and for the...

Spanking Is a Global Phenomenon looks at this traditional method of corporal punishment from a deep perspective, placing it in its historical context, and from a wide point of view, comparing changing attitudes across cultures and generations. The result...

Black Indian, searing and raw, is Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Alice Walker's The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony-only, this isn't fiction. Beautifully rendered and rippling with family dysfunction, secrets, deaths, alcoholism, and...

Abuse is devastating. It's debilitating. Its impact can be felt throughout the life of the abused, and no one knows that more than the author, Siah B. Hagin. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Siah wrote this book for every adult who will be tasked...

Mildred May Robinson suffered from undiagnosed, untreated mental illness after her birth mother did something horrible to her when she was an infant. Rescued and loved by her adoptive family, Mildred lived an idyllic childhood until she married at...

'I Made It Out' details the raw, uncut, and honest life events of Avishai El.  She is 32 years old and decided to write this book to help other people who are going through situations that they feel as though they can't get out of...

A father takes full custody of his children and not too long after, they are thrown into a life of drugs, sexual abuse and trauma. Once they think they've been saved, foster care is no better. They spend the better part of their lives trying to survive...

Sibling abuse is the physical, emotional, or sexual abuse of one sibling by another. The bodily abuse can range from mild aggression between siblings, such as pushing and shoving, to very violent behavior, such as using weapons.Often parents don't see...

In this fast-paced memoir, Elise Krentzel shares how she took charge of the tumultuous 1970s by making a name for herself as a rock journalist. As a kid, her parents encouraged her to sing, play music, and write, but she wasn't allowed to be "herself."...

At the age of six, living in New York, she was the third of six children born to a woman who had allowed drugs and alcohol to rule her life. The child was placed for adoption by the Department of Children and Families.She was brought to Florida at the...

Lord, Please Don't Let Her See Me Cry is a true story of child abuse so atrocious I have suffered from it for over fifty years, having not only the endure the memory but also being forced to see the scars every time I change my clothes. I only...

Has science identified a cause for homosexuality? Why are most Christian denominations and other major religions opposed to the practice of homosexuality?Can homosexuals change?These are just some of the questions persons are asking as the debate on...

Forget everything you think you know about psychedelics. They're not punchlines. They're not party favors for aging hippies. Instead, as Alex Abraham discovered, they are an innovative approach that can help heal trauma and chronic pain.Trauma and...

How do you hide from the monsters in your own house?Anna Snow, caught in the foster care merry-go-round, is still being shuffled from house to house, but none of them are ever really home. By the time she's ten years old, she's been moved twelve times,...

Reflecting back on her college graduation in 2011, Dawn thought her life was finally coming together, that all of the hard work she put in working full-time, attending college, and being a parent was finally going to pay off.After all, she survived both...

Wayne De-Langè Morris's book, DESPITE OF, tells the story of his tough childhood and teenage years. From age 11 to 19, Wayne faced many challenges because of his father's heroin addiction. His father's struggles left Wayne to deal with physical, verbal,...

'Shattered ...'  'Broken beyond repair ...' Choosing not to believe this and facing the very things that tear you apart ... Georgette Noëllat is a fighter. Her weapons of choice? Love, Hope, and Humour. During the highs and...

Our world enables the sexual abuse of children.Children of all ages are abused in every country in the world, by members of every society, culture, religion, and socio-economic class. About 120 million children under twenty, or one child in ten, report...

Gaslighting Recovery Workbook sheds light on the basics of emotional abuse. This book explores questions like: "What is emotional abuse? "What does gaslighting mean and how do I identify a gaslighter? and "How do I heal from a toxic relationship? It...

本书收录了作者的八篇短篇小说和散文，内容囊括了作者少年的生活和感受。谨以此书，致敬1980年代。

For fans of stranger than truth stories, Sandy Schnakenburg is uncovering rattling and unprecedented revelations in this powerful memoir of love, secrets, and survival. When Lee Metoyer is hired to be the new housekeeper, she has no idea that she's about...

Without my past, I would never be who I am today. God has taken all the pain and turned it around for my good and heaven's gain. Once you walk through the door of healing, it's your responsibility to embrace your healing. We can get deliverance...

In this gripping and intimate memoir of growing up with an abusive father, Teressa Shelton delivers a story of survival and redemption.

While there have been great strides made in the treatment options available to trauma victims, there is a noticeable gap in the availability of medical, social, and psychological options in rural communities. As these hurdles gain more recognition,...

Linda is the author of Broken Chains written in 2013. She has had poems published in Across the Way, Whispers in the Wind, Mighty Strong Girls and various other magazines. She was the winner of the World of Poetry Golden Poet Award in 1987.Linda's desire...

Have you ever felt the deep ache of wounds that seem too old to heal? The lingering pain of growing up with emotionally immature parents can leave scars that run deep, affecting every aspect of your life. But within you lies the power to heal, to break...

Experience the true stories of abused children finding healing at Camp Alandale, as told by Karen Wood, the founder. Journey alongside these children as they discover redemption and purpose through their unwavering faith in Jesus Christ. Immerse yourself...

A true story filled with humor, sadness, sarcasm, grief, and redemption! Reading this story will make you laugh, cry, get angry, and take a deeper look into your own life.De tells her "not so good childhood" story from early identity confusion, poverty,...

Yella Box & The Art of The Exit is the intense and astonishing journey of one man’s fight to find his purpose and free his children from a lifetime of deadly abuse, trauma, mental illness and a kidnapping that plagued his family with...

This book shares Donna’s spiritual journey with God, who she credits with her deliverance from the emotional, physical, sexual abuse and general distrust of love. A relationship with the true and living God, through Jesus Christ the Savior allowed...

How common is child sexual abuse? How can victims and abusers best be treated? In Innocence Destroyed, originally published in 1993, Jean Renvoize uses interviews with victims and with experienced professionals, as well as new data from Britain, North...

Way of Escape is a true life-long story that starts with the rape of a four-year-old girl. The very people she should have been able to trust and run to for help, betrayed her and introduced her to a realm of repeated sexual violation and other forms of...

From the time he began his life as a "throwaway child", clearly, some crucial pieces of Ron Huber's life had been missing: Parents. Love. Self-esteem. A helping hand.Cruelly abandoned at an early age by his alcoholic parents, Ron and his brother, Vic,...

César Tort's philosophical autobiography comprises eleven books, of which "Letter to Mama Medusa" is the first. Using his life as the focus of most of his eleven-book series, this first book introduces the subject of parental abuse of their children, and...

She watched as her mother's body was removed from the ashes of her home . . . Unbearable loss, dangerous secrets, and a life-threatening illness endangered her only hope for a future . . . . . . But through it all, she found her faith...