Child Abuse

What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.

Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher tells a lacerating story of finding her voice after two decades of silence and an unforgettable story of risk and faith....

What you are about to hear are my first three books. The stories in this collection will make you realize just how fragile the human mind can be....

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems and shows us what we can do to break the cycle....

How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? In the classic The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry explains what happens to the brains of children exposed to extreme stress and shares their lessons of courage, humanity, and hope....

After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer to her prayers. She was wrong...this is her staggering true story....

After years of suffering multiple forms of abuse, a vulnerable young girl flees her home only to land straight into the arms of her biological father - a sexual predator....

Throughout her childhood and adolescence, the anonymous author of The Incest Diary was raped by her father....

Little Jamey, two and a half years old, is placed with experienced foster carer, Cathy Glass, as an emergency....

En este libro, Margarita Blanco nos guía a través del sistema de instrumentos de transformación que ha diseñado: el método Ser Mejor Ser....

With Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D. offers a powerful look at the devastating impact of unloving mothers....

A searing indictment of the American foster care system, We Were Once a Family is the shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children....

Emily has always felt like an outsider, so when a family friend takes her under his wing she is delighted. But soon it becomes clear that his motives are not all they seem. At the age of 11, Emily is groomed into being a ‘county lines’ drug trafficker....

Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister, Rosie, to tell Rosie's harrowing yet ultimately triumphant story of childhood abuse and survival....

As an award-winning stuntwoman, Kimberly Shannon Murphy was intimate with pain. For years, she propelled her body through dangerous spaces—medicating the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse with the adrenaline rush that came from pushing herself to the absolute limit....

In this powerful true crime memoir, an award-winning identity theft expert tells the shocking story of the duplicity and betrayal that inspired her career and nearly destroyed her family....

The shocking first true account from one of the young girls who lived through and survived the Rotherham sex abuse scandal....

In July 1965, teenagers Sylvia and Jenny Likens were left in the temporary care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a middle-aged single mother, and her seven children. What transpired in the following three months was both riveting and chilling....

In this story of perseverance in the face of adversity, Regina Calcaterra recounts her childhood in foster care and on the streets and how she and her savvy crew of homeless siblings managed to survive....

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy....

Under the cover of anonymity, Paul Saunders courageously tells his shockingly true story of how he and his stepsiblings were repeatedly abused by their mother and stepfather. It doesn’t make “easy” listening, but living through it wasn’t fun, either....

When a parent singles out a child for special privileges and attention, that child is often unaware that the relationship is unhealthy - even incestuous....

For much of the twentieth century, a series of terrible events—abuse, both physical and psychological, and even deaths—took places inside orphanages....

At eight years old, Tuesday Storm's childhood is forever lost when the death of her older sister Audrey sends her family spiraling out of control into the darkest of dysfunction....

A powerful and deeply personal story, The Wild Truth is both a revelatory glimpse into the life of Chris McCandless and the inspirational tale of one woman's resilience....

“Dear Mom,”It began with a letter.In simple words, Amelia tried to tell her mother exactly what her father had done.But Dawn, unprepared to face the truth about her husband, figured she could handle it on her own. Enter the match.The flames.The consequence.Based on actual events, Dear Dawn is the story of one mother’s desperate act and the lives burnt by it.

Mother was an emotionally damaged woman shrouded in depression and dark secrets. Father was a man plagued by alcoholism who lived in a state of drunken evasion for many years before jumping ship. Kathleen Rose Morgan was born into this troubled family and merged with a community plagued by toxic male aggression, submissive women, wannabe Mafia brutes, charlatan holy men and women, and lurid and criminal goings-on—all made possible by cheek-turners, complicit and fearful enablers, and an ever-present, overarching code of silence.

Following on from her runaway best-seller A Mother's Story, which detailed the lead up to her son's murder, Hope shares what happened to Rosie the day after the worst day of her life and how she reclaimed hope when all hope was lost. She shares her struggles with anxiety, PTSD, self-doubt and self-loathing and how she finally confronted her grief. She shares the stories of those who have inspired her to keep going, and given her hope when she needed it most. In this heartfelt, and at times heartbreaking memoir, Rosie tells how she found the light on her darkest days.

The discovery of his father Raymond's mysterious "treasure box" forces an award-winning writer to reexamine their contentious relationship. As he opens the box and begins taking items out one by one—taking you on a treasure hunt—he is overwhelmed by memories, many funny, some poignant or sad, and a few that may send shivers up your spine. It is in those curiosities that Raymond will be revealed, piece by piece, memory by memory. Hopes, dreams, warts and all. In the end, a different unexpected father emerges. By the time the treasures are all laid out, Raymond will have earned some ...

Six-year-old Amelie lives with her mother, Kelly, who suffers from bipolar disorder. After Kelly attempts to burn down their family house, it becomes clear that her daughter is in grave danger. Amelie is quickly taken into care. When she arrives with foster carer Casey Watson, Amelie acts much younger than her age. Casey must get to the root of Amelie’s behaviour, while doing what she can to keep the family together. Will Amelie ever find the safety of home?

This book is about a young girl who was a daddy’s girl but never knew how it could go from a true bond to a strong hate. Trust is something you're supposed to have when it comes to family, the closest family at that. When you lose it, it’s hard to gain it with anyone else. This book pinpoints the relationship between a daddy and a daughter. It opens up your eyes to life’s challenges and barriers but also builds character. Never to be expected is what the book represents, a true plot twist.

Journey to the Center of the Heart is the story of a journey from hell to paradise-and an example of how God is in the business of giving people second chances.From the Tomb of the Sleeper through Daring Dive Rock and finally to Keeping Heart Cove, you'll find encouragement and hope as you travel with John. The road to this island paradise was far from smooth. After a childhood involving domestic violence abuse and alcoholism, John quickly broke both of his early vows: never drink alcohol and never get divorced. Two DUI's and two divorces later, he allowed God to change his life's course ...

Children of Coercive Control extends Evan Stark's path-breaking analysis of interpersonal violence to children, showing that coercive control is the most important cause and context of child abuse and child homicide outside a war zone, as well as of the sexual abuse, denigration, exploitation, isolation, and subordination of children. The book provides a working model of the coercive control of children and illustrates its dynamics and consequences with dramatic cases drawn from the headlines and Dr. Stark's forensic practice.

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach considers how characteristics such as suicidality, self-harm, persistent depression, and anxiety can have roots in behaviors and beliefs that helped patients survive their trauma. This book provides practitioners with case examples, practical tips, and techniques for applying this mindset directly to their most complex cases.

Each year at least a billion children around the world are victims of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that range from physical abuse to racial discrimination to neglect and food deprivation. The brain plasticity of our most vulnerable makes the adverse effects of trauma only that much more damaging to mental and physical development. Those dealt a hand of ACEs are more likely to drop out of school, have a shorter life, abuse substances, and suffer from myriad mental health and behavioral issues.

Play the game or pay the price. Him, Me, and V is based on the true story of Amy and the little ones who grew up with Him. Amy’s career is flourishing when she finds herself tormented by memories, things that seem foreign but live deep inside. Not knowing where to turn, she finds V. Safety and love allow Amy and the others to reveal the horrific experiences of their childhood. But not everyone makes it to safety.

When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy.

Born into the slums of Glasgow in the late '70s, a 4-year-old John's life is filled with the debris of alcoholism and poverty. Soon after witnessing a drowning, his mother's addictions take over their lives, leaving him starving in their flat, awaiting her return. A concerned neighbor reports her, and he is forcibly taken away from his mother and placed into the care system. There, he dreams of being reunited with her.

Hannah Climena (“Minnie”) Pixley Ariail was the grandmother of Lieutenant Edward L. Forrest, an officer in the 712th Tank Battalion, with which my father served in World War II. Ed was killed near the end of the war in Europe. His brother, Elmer Forrest, gave me a copy of Flora Brantley’s transcription of the manuscript when I interviewed him about his brother in 1996. Flora was Ed and Elmer’s niece. Spoiler alert: The story ends in mid-sentence, at the point where the notebook in which was written ran out of space. A second notebook has never been found. However, the story inspired...

Did you know that children are at risk of sexual abuse, now more than ever? While your children are ‘playing on their laptops’ online grooming could be occurring? Would some tips on how to protect them be useful? Sexual abuse and grooming of children across the world are both frightening realities, and ways to manage this are desperately needed. This roadmap is for the parents, teachers, grandparents, and front-line staff everywhere. Resources are instrumental in combating these predators, and children need practical tools to use.