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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 age of nine, with only a few memories of her life before foster care. Two and a half years later, the adoption failed and the little girl was deserted.
Our fourth foster child came into our lives,...
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This author tells the true story of his younger life of physical abuse and extreme mental abuse that was imposed upon him by an unstable stepdad on a daily basis.
In this book, the author shares raw events from his abuse that occurred when he was ten-years-old to about fifteen-years-old, and the only safe place he could sometimes escape to was his grandma's house and the local church, whenever he was allowed to attend.
One day, he met a total stranger...
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From an early age we are taught to respect and trust police. Most of us do. But today we watch the evening news or read that another policeman has molested a child, or was caught with child pornography. We begin to question our reason to trust. How is the molestation or the sexual abuse of children to be anticipated and stopped? At the age of seventy-two I believe I have found answers to the questions: who molests children, where and when, and how...
64) Freedom Saoirse
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FREEDOM Saoirse traces the author's life from her early years growing up impoverished in Galway, Ireland, in an emotionally limited home, into the misunderstood heaviness she carried from years-long abuse by an uncle, and the subsequent addictions and alcoholism that followed the abuse. She thought a move to America would be an escape from these secrets, but she discovered it was all coming with her anyway. In a sudden revelation, she then embarked...
65) Groomed
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It is estimated that 1 in every 6 boys will experience a sexual encounter with an adult at some point in their lives before they reach the age of consent. In this day and age, many adults find this topic unsettling and will often circumvent the issue even if they remotely suspect that some form of abuse may be occurring.
Parents, regardless of intent, have a tendency to blame the victim, which further perpetuate feelings of guilt and shame in the...
66) Emmy's Question
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Emmy's Question is a compelling story on a troublesome topic: parental alcoholism. Inspired by the diary of a young girl, the author has combined fact with fiction to present a powerful vehicle for education and healing. Endorsed by the Betty Ford Center's Children's Program prior to publication.
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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 moving and simply stated true story takes you along Cecilia's journey from child abuse, as she moves through and past her violent upbringing. She discovers her ability to imagine away the pain from her past in order to cope with the traumatic memories that were holding her back from truly living. Cecilia learns the power of forgiveness in order to release herself from pent up toxicity, and the sharing of her story with her abusive father leads...
69) Jump Rope
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Meet Harry. Harry is an angel, a naughty angel. Harry is stuck on earth. Harry is okay being stuck on earth because of his sweet girl. Harry’s sweet girl has had quite the life; and Harry has witnessed everything since she was born: abuse, love, violence, sacrifice. If you were to ask Harry how he would describe his sweet girl, he would say, My sweet girl is strong, confident, humble, determined, and loyal.
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Violence and abuse place their mark on many children. Jessica Nicely is no different from the thousands and perhaps millions who share tragic childhoods. How did she survive and even go on to thrive? How, with a childhood experience nearly at the top of the abuse scale, did she become resilient? Part of the answer was due to her beloved zeros. In these pages, Jessica bravely tells her story. She recounts a childhood marked by loss and punctuated by...
71) Confessions of a Murphy's Law Child: Surviving Child Abuse, Racism, Poverty, and Trick-Ask Ideology
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Murphy's Kids. What a strange moniker. It corresponds with the so-called Murphy's Law that states if a series of things can potentially go wrong, they will. As incredible as it sounds, there are some kids who, from the day they are born until they leave this earth, encounter more than their fair share of bad luck and misfortune. It is as if a vixen were attached to their spinal cord. Most children learn to adapt, but far too many acquiesce. They become...
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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 and still not be free. We can be delivered from abuse, but never truly free because we are still looking through eyes and mindset of the abused victim. Once healed, don't look back at what you were...
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On a dit de lui, « Tu ne feras jamais rien de bon dans la vie, tu seras
toujours un nonchalant, un fainéant ». Cet homme a « acheté » ce
qu'on a dit de lui et longtemps, il a été ce qu'on disait de lui. Ainsi
une partie de sa vie n'aura été que douleurs… pire, il est descendu aux
enfers ! Ce temps de feu et de désarroi n'aura pas été uniquement
vécu par lui. Il l'aura également fait connaître à sa famille et à ses
proches. Puis,...
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To Whom it May Concern:
I am writing to endorse a book written by April Longabaugh named I WAS JUST A CHILD.
This book was written as a part of her therapy to address the issues of her physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, which she suffered at the hands of her parents. I encouraged her to write and use art to express her feelings and thoughts about the severe trauma that she experienced as she was growing up in her family. It is a miracle that...
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Los abusadores sexuales tienen diferentes facetas y son difíciles de identificar, por lo que pasan desapercibidos, hasta que por alguna circunstancia cometen abusos o crímenes contra menores y son evidenciados, mientras que otros permanecen en la clandestinidad y se encuentran en cualquier ambiente social.Corresponde a individuos que pueden ser figuras públicas, desde políticos, financieros, deportistas, cantantes etc, que cuando son desenmascarados...
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This is a 98 percent true story as only the names have been changed to keep people involved safe from discrimination, for it is the story that counts, as I do believe names are not important with my journey through life, having the experience and the courage to share and educate, with a different perspective, from anothers point of view. Many events have been left out as every day was a struggle with abuse. Families are what generally make a person...
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Molestation has been the forbidden subject for centuries, downplayed in homes, communities, and churches. Although it has existed and has destroyed and still destroying people's life, molestation has a stigma of "keep it a secret."
This book is calling this demon out and putting it on notice about molestation. You have been called out and will become the subject in church's sermons, communities, homes, government, and media.
Molestation demon, you...
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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,...
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From the depths of hopelessness and despair to the heights of God's glory.
How can someone regain his innocence lost? How could his childhood sexual abuse be, overcome now that he is a man? This is exactly what was promised would happen, if John would be brave enough to take the path that his Father in heaven had laid out for him.
In this first of three books, using John's personal journals, he and his granddaughter Rebekah go on a journey to prove...
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