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Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom [Book]

In a small rural town in central Pennsylvania, young Susie is facing trauma as the middle child in a violent and chaotic household. Her brilliant, alcoholic, astrophysicist father and equally ingenious mentally ill, homemaking mother have collided in dysfunction. Creating five children in short succession covert and overt abuse is running rampant. Hurt and damaged children are raising more hurt and damaged children.A riveting and intense chronicle of a childhood filled with harsh initiations all led to a masterful and thought-provoking transformation. The ebullient belief and determination of a young girl with a vision who would not bend to self-destruct but rather would convert her experience to triumph are told masterfully in this stunning work.Like a breath of fresh air, Susan refuses t

no matter what an adoptive family's story of hope, love and health

This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family - describing Sally and Rob Donovan's journey from a diagnosis of infertility to their decision to adopt two children who suffered abuse in their early life.

Fathers Rights

Writing Plan

Child Protective Services

T. R. Sherlock Other | A Song For Kalen: Lessons From The Life And Death Of My Son -- T. R. Sherlock | Color: Red | Size: Paperback

A Song For Kalen On That Fateful Day, T.R. Awoke In New York, Unaware Of The News To Come. By Noon, He Was Thrust Into A Living Nightmare Where Soul-Crushing Experiences Would Be Measured In Seconds. He Rushed To South Carolina Where He Encountered A Scene No Parent Should Ever Witness. T.R. Embarked On A Series Of Brutal Decisions Only To Find Himself Immersed In An Emblazoned Battle To Retrieve And Rescue His Eight-Year-Old Son Karter From The Clutches Of Foster Care In Another State. The Book

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African American Culture

Diane: True Survivor [Book]

"...a story of survival, hope, and reconciliation..."-Kirkus Reviews"This true story reads like a compelling novel." -Denise Rehrig, former co-executive producer "A truly powerful story of survival." -Billy Hopkins, casting director Diane's life story reads like fiction, but it's all very real. Through a series of compelling conversations, she shares intimate memories filled with hardship and resilience. In 1969, she is forced to leave her childhood home in an English village to move to a tenement in the South Bronx. This major culture shock is then compounded by years of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse by her parents. Diane gets pregnant at fourteen and starts living on the streets. Along the way, she encounters a series of "angels" who help her survive.Despite a series of abusive r

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors-her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak.Chaos in Color is the captivating story of Layla's journey from childhood to adulthood with a mother who suffered from untreated bipolar disorder. Each chapter paints a vivid, heartbreaking picture of the abuse, neglect, and trauma that she experienced as she grew up at the mercy of her mother's bipolar swings, an incompetent mental health system, and the strangers with whom she was often left. But dissipating those times of darkness were moments of love, joy, and happiness that she felt while being cared for by others in her life. These moments inspired her to start her own family, complete a doctorate in psycho When Words Fail, Behavior Disorder, Self Help Book, Page Turner, Health System, Writing Styles, Working With Children, A Mother, Memoirs

Working With Children

A Mother

Memoirs

Chaos in Color: A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and Forgiveness [Book]

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors-her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak.Chaos in Color is the captivating story of Layla's journey from childhood to adulthood with a mother who suffered from untreated bipolar disorder. Each chapter paints a vivid, heartbreaking picture of the abuse, neglect, and trauma that she experienced as she grew up at the mercy of her mother's bipolar swings, an incompetent mental health system, and the strangers with whom she was often left. But dissipating those times of darkness were moments of love, joy, and happiness that she felt while being cared for by others in her life. These moments inspired her to start her own family, complete a doctorate in psycho

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Learning To Love Yourself

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Beating the Odds--From shocking childhood abuse to the embrace of a loving family, one man's true story of courage and redemption

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A powerfully inspiring and unflinchingly honest story of how best-selling author and abuse recovery expert Beverly Engel made her way in the world-in spite of her mother's neglect and constant criticism, being sexually abused at nine, and raped at twelve. Social Work Books, Constant Criticism, Narcissistic Mother, Psychology Today, Too Soon, Self Help Books, Human Emotions, Book Recommendations

Raising Myself: A Memoir of Neglect, Shame, and Growing Up Too Soon [Book]

A powerfully inspiring and unflinchingly honest story of how best-selling author and abuse recovery expert Beverly Engel made her way in the world-in spite of her mother's neglect and constant criticism, being sexually abused at nine, and raped at twelve.

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Miss California

Mental Health Advocate

CinderGirl: My Journey Out of the Ashes to a Life of Hope

In CinderGirl, Christina Meredith shares the faith and determination that brought her from abuse and homelessness to being crowned Ms. California and helping other girls reach up from poverty to find their voice and purpose. | Author: Christina Meredith| Publisher: Zondervan| Publication Date: Mar 05, 2019| Number of Pages: 208 pages| Language: English| Binding: Paperback| ISBN-10: 0310348935| ISBN-13: 9780310348931

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Cry Into The Wind: A True Story

Cry into the Wind is a spellbinding story of triumph over incredible tragedy, and an inspirational guide for those struggling to overcome the effects of abuse. Abject poverty, a house fire that claimed her mother's life, the loneliness of an orphanage where she was separated from her siblings... and so much more ... yet nothing was able to break Othello Bach's spirit. She couldn't read until the eighth grade, yet sold her first novel to Avon Books at the age of 27. She is the author off 17 published books and has 35 recorded songs by Broadway, TV, and Hollywood stars Joel Grey, Tammy Grimes, and Sandy Duncan."Othello Bach is a force. And this book proves it." -- Joel Grey"Cry into the Wind" is a page-turner from beginning to end. It is a compelling story of survival and an inspiring testam