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The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away. While Danny’s parents have everything...

In her memoir, Monica, 54, tells the story of her childhood, when her mother, Betty Mount, forced her head under running bathroom taps and tried to strangle her. She had previously tried to kill Monica as a baby. Monica was taken into foster care, where her new parents ran a brutal regime. To the outside world, the family was devoutly religious and respectable, but behind closed doors, Monica was physically and sexually abused.

"I was one of 28 children born to my dad and his three wives. Indoctrinated to believe that the outside world was evil, and that I resided among the righteous, I was destined to marry a man chosen for me by the Prophet. I would then live in harmony with my sister-wives, bear many children, and obey and serve my future husband in this life and throughout eternity. But my innocence didn't last long." Flora goes on from there to tell the dramatic true story of how she ultimately escaped and has been rescuing women and children from the FLDS.

From Michelle Knight-Cleveland kidnapping survivor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Finding Me comes an inspirational book about healing and resilience, on the five-year anniversary of her escape. Michelle Knight -- now known as Lily Rose Lee -- captured the world's attention in May...

Christina O'Connor is the main prosecution witness from the Huddersfield Grooming scandal. In 2017, 11 men were convicted of a staggering 43 offences against her. In this memoir, Christina will describe how, from being a happy child with a loving family, she fell into the clutches of a grooming gang whose abuse of children earned them a total of 221 years in prison.

Read by the author, Sandra Brown. ‘Completely gripping . . . Sandra Brown found evil in the person of her own father; and she confronted it as few could have done . . . Everyone will want to read this amazing story’ – Andrew O’Hagan, author of Caledonian Road Sandra Brown was eight when...

Stephen Smith is the boy who did not exist. Born out of wedlock in the early 1960s, Steve's parents hid him away from the world by locking him in the cellar...for thirteen years. Starved and beaten, the little boy's world was a darkened room that measured just eight feet by ten with a single...

When a parent singles out a child for special privileges and attention, that child is often unaware that the relationship is unhealthy - even incestuous. As adults, these children struggle to feel validated, because while they have not been directly abused, they feel a sense of violation and crossed boundaries - usually done in the name of 'love' and 'caring'. The parent's love feels more confining than freeing, more demanding than giving, more intrusive than nurturing. Yet these children suffer from what psychologist Kenneth Adams calls The Silent Seduction.

Are you thriving in your relationship, or merely surviving? Are you the victim of constant manipulation, gaslighting, and deception at the hands of your partner? Do you find yourself constantly making excuses for your partner's abusive behavior? If you feel trapped in a relationship with someone who displays narcissistic or psychopathic behavior, you may be experiencing a trauma bond—a powerful connection you've developed with your abuser. It's important to remember that you're not alone and it's not your fault.

Sister Fidelma follows a trail that is as suspenseful as it is tortuous in the riveting third novel in Peter Tremayne's unputdownable series. In the mid-7th Century AD, the Venerable Dacán, a much respected and beloved scholar of the Celtic Church, has been found murdered while on a visit to a...

An emotionally neglected child may struggle to form strong and secure attachments as an adult. They may feel hollow or empty, worthless (or overly important), judge themselves harshly and struggle with addictive tendencies - drinking, eating or exercising too much, for example. If this describes you, Heal Your Inner Child will change your life and give you back the love, compassion and authenticity you needed as a child and deserve as an adult. 

In November 2000, Chicago journalist and music critic Jim DeRogatis received an anonymous fax that alleged R. Kelly had a problem with “young girls”. Weeks later, DeRogatis broke the shocking story, publishing allegations that the R&B superstar and local hero had groomed girls, sexually abused them, and paid them off. DeRogatis thought his work would have an impact. Instead, Kelly’s career flourished. No one seemed to care: not the music industry, not the culture at large, not the parents of numerous other young girls. But for more than 18 years, DeRogatis stayed on the story.

The Narcissism Trap • Recognizing Emotional Manipulation and Breaking Free from Toxic Relationships is intended to help make sense of those experiences. It is about patterns of recognizable behavior not labels and gives a clear, pragmatic insight into how emotional manipulation works in everyday relationships. Listeners will understand how strategies such as gaslighting, guilt, and inconsistency can alter perceptions and sway judgments over time. Equally important, the book investigates why these dynamics can be hard to disengage from, even when the detrimental effect is already apparent.

The Alcoholic's Survival Guide provides quality nutritional and fitness guidelines, well established prescription medications along with vitamins and minerals to aid the body during drinking. This guide gives instant access to DUI Laws and Penalties of all 50 states and U.S. Territories. If an individual or family member is questioning whether or not they suffer with Alcoholism there are several trusted screening tools available. There is an abundance of information on how Alcoholism effects the body, organ systems, and behavioral health.

Leaving was not the end of the story. After the Door Opened explores what happens after survival, when the environment changes but the body, mind, and emotions are still learning how to catch up. Through deeply personal reflection and honest storytelling, Feliteous Martin explores fear, emotional conditioning, rebuilding identity, parenting while healing, financial independence, nervous system recovery, boundaries, and learning how to trust yourself again after years of survival mode. This is not a book about dramatic transformation overnight.

A brave survivor tells the harrowing story of her and her sons' journey through abuse-and how she survived and then thrived after her trauma. RISING ABOVE †¢ The Trauma of Abuse by June Sheehan Berlinger is a powerful memoir that offers deep insight into the complexity of abuse and the path to healing. Through unflinching honesty, Berlinger shares her personal experiences with childhood trauma, incest, rape, and domestic violence-both as a survivor and as a mother fighting to protect her sons from the same horrors. Yet through the extreme pain came life-changing transformation.

Petit, il n'a pas raconté ce qui lui était arrivé. Petit, on n'a pas les mots, et on lui avait imposé de se taire. Alors il s'est tu. Et il a enfoui ses souvenirs, sans savoir que, même profondément ensevelis, ils continueraient à le hanter de mille façons. Construit comme une tragédie en cinq actes, « Derrière les arbres » est l'histoire d'un long retentissement, celui que les viols ont eu sur la vie d'un homme.

“How did I get here?” Something feels wrong, but you can’t quite name it. The brain fog is thick. You’re second-guessing yourself constantly, wondering if you’re overreacting or if this is just what marriage looks like. You need clarity. And that’s exactly what this book offers. In...

Do you ever feel trapped—stuck in the same patterns, the same thoughts, the same outcomes—no matter how hard you try to change? That was Gethin’s world. Raised in care, caught in addiction, and revolving through prison doors, his life felt like a sentence with no release date. But change came—not from the outside, but from within. Inside Job isn’t just a story of survival; it’s a guide to breakthrough. Gethin shares the hard truths, mindset shifts, and hard-won lessons that helped him dismantle the invisible prison he had spent years building—the one without bars, but with walls just as real.

One guilty secret will tear her life apart... After a series of heart-breaking miscarriages, Kate's marriage is hanging by a thread. When her husband Michael tells her he has shocking news, at first, she thinks the worst - he's been having an affair. It would explain why he's been so distant...