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Why do most people never have sex with close relatives? And why do they disapprove of other people doing so? Incest Avoidance and Incest Taboos investigates our human inclination to avoid incest and the powerful taboo against incest found in all societies. Both subjects stir strong feelings and vigorous arguments within and beyond academic circles. With great clarity, Wolf lays out the modern assumptions about both, concluding that all previous approaches...
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Ann B grew up in seeming luxury and privilege. To the outside world, she lived an idyllic life, but at age five, when the family moved to Beverly Hills, her world becomes anything but perfect. Her father and the family butler began to sexually abuse her.
Detachment, or mentally separating herself from the shame, emotional turmoil, and abuse, becomes Ann's means of survival. Over time, she becomes so successful at detaching; she fully suppresses the...
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Did you ever hear about the clowns snatching kids from the school gates? What about the infamous threat of Maggie Murphy? Or the Gorbals' Vampire hysteria? From urban and folk horror born in the belly of Scotland to outright splatter. Showcasing myth blended with horror realism and the sexually bizarre. From one of the most vivaciously audacious and macabre minds of the modern speculative fiction scene, Sinclair's tales are guaranteed to thrill.
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My Struggle, My Faith, My Purpose was written based on my life and what I had been through dealing with my health issues and how going through these things made me stronger and made my faith stronger in God. Even though I went through these challenges and obstacles, God gave me strength to stand strong through my trials and tribulations just to see exactly where my faith stood with him. I'm here to let the world know what God has done for me and to...
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The shocking story behind the U.S. Army's longest court-martial-full of sex, intrigue, and betrayal.
In April 1879, on a remote military base in west Texas, a decorated army officer of dubious moral reputation faced a court-martial. The trial involved shocking issues-of sex and seduction, incest and abduction. The highest figures in the United States Army got involved, and General William Tecumseh Sherman himself made it his personal mission to see...
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Trysh Ashby-Rolls is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Triumph: A Journey of Healing from Incest with this second edition. She wrote the first sentence in summer, 1988, while recovering from emergency spinal cord surgery. She had developed cauda equina syndrome after deliberately plunging fifty feet down a cliff face at age thirteen. Triumph is the story of her nightmarish childhood, filled with abuse and secrets, groomed by her father until...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 When interviewing a client, I look for signs of emotional incest. When children are overly attached to a parent, they spend little time with peers.
#2 The author spoke with Gwen, who explained that her father wanted to fill the void in his life caused by his divorce with his daughter. He tried to fill it with Gwen, but she felt guilty for leaving home. She was better...
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A TRUE STORY told by the daughter of the SURVIVORWhat is it like to be the daughter of a mentally ill patient? A patient who is not mentally ill by nature but made into one by her own family and above all, by her own step-father. Being a victim to not only incest but molestation and rape, the confessions from the daughter of the mentally ill mother are nerve-wrecking, heinous to envision, and wake-up calls for the survivors of incest, molestation...
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This pioneering self-help book takes a close look at a topic that has been ignored or downplayed by other books on incest and childhood sexual abuse: that the non-perpetrating parent usually bears a great deal of responsibility for the child's abuse. In this examination of the complicated dynamics of abuse, the enabling mother is not treated as a victim, rather as an adult responsible for her failure to protect her child. Self-help exercises are interspersed...
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This is a story about three sisters who were sexually assaulted by a parent. It details some of the trials and challenges they faced on their journey from this evil toward healing and forgiveness. It details how a daughter attempted to help her parent forgive himself, despite his refusal to admit what he had done and despite his unwillingness to ask for her forgiveness. Furthermore, it's about using writing and art as a way to release, express,...
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One survivor's chilling memoir of her stolen memories and her childhood secrets. Rural isolation and inherited belief systems collide to create a perfect storm of intergenerational abusive incest within her family tree. Putting a face to what is often called a victimless crime, Independent Author Michelle Barry invites you to share in her remarkable journey to discover the duality of vulnerability and the complexities of family and broken relationships....
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He takes off my clothes and leads me to the only bedroom in our small trailer. He makes me lay on the bed while he undresses, all the while staring at my young nude body. I begin my mental escape. I'm in a vast field of tall grass where the air is fresh and clean and doesn't smell like beer and cigarettes. The sky is a deep blue. I breathe deeply and begin to run. So free! But I can never make it last. Due to the nature of the forms of abuse discussed...
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It started with a photograph, a lump and a diagnosis. Like so many other families, hers would never be the same. But her family never was like others... In Brave and Unbroken, Pennie Saum weaves an unforgettable story of sacrifice and hope. Years of being shuffled between army bases left Pennie, her mom, and brother rootless and vulnerable to the manipulations of a truly evil man. Against the odds, Pennie learned to negotiate a childhood filled with...
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Adam's Family: A Study of Depravity (Murder, Incest, Deceit, Adultery, Idolatry, Drugs/Alcohol brings to life the rawness of human nature. It depicts how out of line with God mankind has been ever since the first man and woman. The book gives a scholarly and biblically based account of man's fallen nature, offering references from the church fathers, reformists, great Christian commentariats, and some well-known Christians and secular psychologists...
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Linda Carleton likes to describe her memoir All God, If God There Be as what might have resulted if the medieval German abbess Hildegard of Bingen had encountered Me Too. It chronicles her healing journey from childhood sexual abuse through a variety of spiritual paths and employs the practice of mandala journaling to explore both theology and her inner life.
Written with sensitivity and compassion, All God, If God There Be examines the deep...
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God's amazing grace lifted Wendy from the dark incestuous world of severe child abuse. The author's factual account of her journey from wounded child to warrior sharing the light and joy that comes from forgiveness and healing through Jesus Christ is emotion-packed and unforgettable. Wendy describes her five goals in writing GOOD MOURNING. 1) I want to offer hope and comfort to a generation of children, adolescents, and others who are currently the...
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This book is autobiographical in nature. It is also designed to be an encouragement to those who have been sexually abused, severely traumatized, and who are seriously seeking recovery. This book contains a lot of Scripture long with my own story and personal journal entries of how those Scriptures applied to my recovery. There is an entire section that is devotional that is meant to be read daily by a person seeking recovery for their encouragement....
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