Abuse category: 3108 books
by Trish Faber, John Coventry
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
For most, teenage angst is like a sacred rite of passage into adulthood. You fight with your parents because they don’t like the clothes you wear or the music you listen to. They tell you to be home at a certain time and to do your homework. You tell them to screw off. Rebellion is a part of growing...
by Steve Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Jeff’s a bit rough and more than a little uncouth, but Daisy overlooks his flaws. He’s interested in her, after all. Life with him might be a roller-coaster ride, but once they’re married, things will smooth out and they’ll build a life together.
Unfortunately, Daisy soon discovers...
Catie the Caterpillar
A Story to Help Break the Silence of Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2006
Catie the Caterpillar's simple, straightforward language and colorful illustrations realistically portray the scenario of sexual abuse, integrating the lines typically used by perpetrators and the guilt feelings and withdrawal of the victim into a story that demonstrates the need to express rather...
Survivors
Breaking the silence on child sexual abuse
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The prevalence of child sexual abuse is difficult to determine because it is often not reported, but its effects are undeniably long-term and severe. In this powerful book, twelve survivors share their stories and the steps they took in their journey towards healing by breaking the silence. Their...
Remembering Conquest
Feminist/Womanist Perspectives on Religion, Colonization, and Sexual Violence
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Remembering Conquest: Feminist/Womanist Perspectives on Religion, Colonization, and Sexual Violence addresses the issue of sexual violence against women from feminist and womanist theological perspectives. Taken from proceedings of a panel discussion at the 1998 annual meeting of the American Academy...
These Are Our Stories
Women's Stories of Abuse and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
These Are Our Stories is a collection of women's stories, thoughts, and poems about the domestic abuse they have experienced throughout their lives. Transcribed directly from Jan Rosenberg's interviews with eleven women in the Florida panhandle, their histories embody the epidemic of domestic violence...
by Valerie
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
I was born in 1945 when families were encouraged to keep secrets. The rule, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”, stems from this concept. Unmarried and pregnant young girls were sent to visit their fictitious Aunt Martha, or hidden in the upstairs bedroom. If your father beat your mother,...
by LaKenya Logan
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Did you plant your pinwheel? April is National Child Abuse Prevention month. All over the country, people are planting blue pinwheels to promote child abuse awareness. The blue pinwheel symbolizes a child's happiness. Let us take a stand against child abuse by promoting awareness and prevention throughout the world.
Escaping Domestic Abuse
How Women Get Out and Stay Out
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2009
In this revealing book, you will meet courageous women who broke away from abusive relationships to escape the agonizing pain and find lasting peace. You, too, will recognize the signs of abuse, conquer timidity and helpless dependency, develop the strength to start over, heal your emotional and...
by Nicholl McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
A man doesn't suspect after great food, sex, and cool conversation with a beautiful companion that there is a dark side to her. He doesn't anticipate that one day his partner might hurt him with her words and hands. Yet, there are crazy women who will not hesitate to abuse a man over almost...
The Porn Factor
Pornography & Child Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
How was it possible for Diane Roblin-Lee to have been married for 38 years without knowing that her husband, 13 years into the marriage, had begun to molest children?
The answer lies in the fact that child-molesters are such highly skilled manipulators that they can fool even a mate with whom they...
Hushed Cries
Healing is Found in the Choices You Make
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
According to Child Help, at least five children die from abuse and neglect every day. The ones who survive walk away with an everlasting scar in their hearts. Dorthea L. Hughes’s honest, vulnerable, yet ultimately victorious memoir about surviving child sexual abuse will encourage others in similar...
Molested
A Missionary Child's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Born into a family of Baptist missionaries, young Ana’s parents expected her life to be happy, faith-filled, and rife with the fruits of God’s labor—but it was not to be. At a very young age, Ana was sexually molested. She grew up unlike other kids. Instead of enjoying her childhood, she grew...
by Cassandra Wainright
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Pastor Sandy Wainright goes into the depths of her past, her heart and her mind to bring you a story that not many could tell. From a young child she shares the story of how sexual abuse knows no religious or social boundaries. “There is a Story Behind My Praise” is an intensely personal and specific...