#hardcover #poetry #trauma #recovery #amandalovelace #sexualabuse #healing 

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Which doesn’t burn in this one

#paperback #americaschildren #crimesagainstchildren #abuse #sexualabuse #covenanthouse #christian 

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The Story of America’s Exploited Kids

Sometimes God Has a Kid’s Face 

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Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky

"Aaron Fisher was an eager and spirited eleven-year-old when legendary Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky recruited him into his Second Mile children s charity. Offering support at a critical time in Aaron s life, Sandusky gave him gifts and attention, winning the boy s trust even as he isolated him from his family and peers. Before long, Sandusky s attention escalated into sexual assault. When Aaron summoned the courage to speak up, he found himself ostracized and harassed by the very people who were supposed to protect him. The investigation set off by his coming forward would drag on for three years and would launch the biggest scandal in the history of sports. InSilent No More,Aaron Fisher recounts his harrowing quest to bring Sandusky s crimes to light from the intense feelings of guilt that kept him from speaking up earlier and the fear he felt at accusing a man who was a pillar of the community and a hero to the largest alumni network in the world, to the infuriating delays in the arrest and conviction of his abuser. He catalogs the devastating personal toll the case took on him- the shattered relationships, panic attacks, and betrayal of trust that continued t

Silent No More

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#nonfiction #religion #faith #paperback #womensissues #sexualabuse

How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis

"Timely and necessary...This book is not only a warning. It is an opportunity. An opportunity to live out the gospel we so passionately proclaim. And it starts with listening."—J.D. Greear, President of the Southern Baptist Convention Time’s Up: Addressing the Unspoken Crisis in the Church We like to think the church is a haven for the hurting. But what happens when it’s not? Author and advocate Mary DeMuth urges the church she loves to rise up and face the evil of sexual abuse and harassment with candor and empathy. Based on research and survivors’ stories, along with fierce fidelity to Scripture, DeMuth unpacks the church’s response to sexual violence and provides a healthy framework for the church to become a haven of healing instead of an institution of judgment. In the throes of the #MeToo movement, our response as Christians is vital. God beckons us to be good Samaritans to those facing trauma and brokenness in the aftermath of abuse and provide safe spaces to heal. DeMuth advocates for a culture of honesty and listening and calls on the church to enter the places where people are hurting. In the circle of that kind of empathetic #WeToo community, the church must become what it’s meant to be—a place of justice and healing for everyone.

We Too

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A Marc Fisher film

The Kite Runner DVD

#nonfiction #selfhelp #paperback #incest #health #mindandspirit #psychology #sexualabuse  

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Reclaiming Our Lives

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#fiction #sexualabuse #kidnapping #survival #bodyimage #birthmarks #psychopaths #personalbeauty


A teenaged girl bullied because of her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer. 15,000 first printing.

Stained

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#hardcover #sexualabusesurvivor #middlegrade #youngadult #ya #Juvenile #juvenilefiction #realisticfiction #sexualassault #sexualabuse

This harrowing, and ultimately hopeful novel in verse sensitively depicts a girl's journey through the aftermath of abuse.



One day after school, on the couch in the basement, Tori's uncle did something bad. Afterward, Tori tells her mom. Even though telling was a brave thing to do, her mom still doesn't believe her at first. Her grandma still takes his side. And Tori doesn't want anyone else--even her best friend--to know what happened.



Now Tori finds herself battling mixed emotions--anger, shame, and sadness--as she deals with the trauma. But with the help of her mom, her little sister, her best friend, and others, can Tori find a way to have the last word?



From debut author Sonja K. Solter comes a heartbreaking yet powerful novel that will strike a chord with readers of Jacqueline Woodson and Tony Abbott.

When You Know What I Know

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A Novel

Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by * NPR * Esquire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Real Simple * BBC * PopSugar * Bustle * Kirkus Reviews * Lit Hub

"A gripping, astute, and deeply humane political thriller." --The Boston Globe

"Mesmerizing [and] uncannily prescient."--Los Angeles Times

A taut, timely novel about what a powerful politician thinks he can get away with and the group of misfits who finally bring him down, from the award-winning author of Ways to Disappear.

On an unnamed island country ten years after the collapse of a U.S.-supported regime, Lena suspects the powerful senator she was involved with back in her student activist days is taking advantage of a young woman who's been introducing him at rallies. When the young woman ends up dead, Lena revisits her own fraught history with the senator and the violent incident that ended their relationship.

Why didn't Lena speak up then, and will her family's support of the former regime still impact her credibility? What if her hunch about this young woman's death is wrong?

What follows is a riveting exploration of the cost of staying silent and the mixed rewards of speaking up in a profoundly divided country. Those Who Knew confirms Novey's place as an essential new voice in American fiction.

Those Who Knew

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#sexualabuse #feminism #memoir #freedom #eveensler

From Eve Ensler, author of one of the most influential works of the twentieth century--The Vagina Monologues--and one of Newsweek's "150 Women Who Changed the World," comes a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement. Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. The Apology, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning? What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize? Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.

The Apology

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#paperback #JoyceMeyer #healing #heal #sexualabuse #christian 

Receiving Emotional Healing

Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are wrecks. Their pasts have broken, crushed and wounded them inwardly. Bible teacher Joyce Meyer says they can be healed. . Isaiah 61 reveals that the Lord came to heal the brokenhearted. He wants to heal victims of abuse! Joyce Meyer is a victim of the physical and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Yet today she has a nationwide ministry of emotional healing to others like herself. In Beauty for Ashes she outlines major truths that brought healing in her life and describes how other victims of abuse can also experience God's healing in their lives. You will learn: How to deal with the emotional pain of abuse How to understand your responsibility to God for overcoming abuse Why victims of abuse often suffer from other addictive behaviors How to grab hold of God's unconditional love The importance of God's timing in working through painful memories Joyce Meyer suffered for thirty-three years the devastating effects of abuse. Now, God has exchanged her ashes for beauty and called her to help others allow Him to do the same for them.

Beauty for Ashes

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#paperback #church #christian #abuse #surviors #churchabuse #staceyshiflett #sexualabuse #coverups 

My Story of Sexual Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Church

At the age of seventeen, Stacey Shiflett was sexually assaulted in his sleep by a Bible College student. His abuser pled guilty and served time in prison. A few years later he was groomed and propositioned by his pastor. His experiences as both a victim and a pastor have uniquely prepared him to address this topic. In May of 2018, the church where he pastors was affected by a sexual abuse scandal. The story made national headlines. Wolves Among Lambs deals with both the terrible crime of sexual abuse within the church and the covering up of those crimes. The author has harsh criticism for those that protect the abuser and make attempts to silence the abused.Section Two is entitled "Restoring Our Credibility" and deals with ways that churches can prevent sexual abuse from happening. It also explains the importance of reporting allegations and how to communicate correctly with the church when it occurs. Wolves Among Lambs emphasizes the church's priority to protect the people within the church and to expose and prosecute the sex offenders. The author uses the Scripture to lay out a set of policies and procedures for how to operate when allegations of sexual abuse surface. The book concludes with words of healing and hope for victims of sexual abuse. If you have been a victim of sexual abuse or you know someone that is a survivor, this book will minister to them in a great way. Wolves Among Lambs is also a great resource for those pastors and church leaders looking for ways to prevent abuse in the church, deal with offenders and restore the victims.

Wolves among Lambs

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#family #farming #well-written #sexualabuse 

From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives.

The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by their neighbors as "that hippie couple" because of their well-educated, urban background, Howard and Alice believe they have found a source of emotional strength in the farm, he tending the barn while Alice works as a nurse in the local elementary school.

But their peaceful life is shattered one day when a neighbor's two-year-old daughter drowns in the Goodwins' pond while under Alice's care. Tormented by the accident, Alice descends even further into darkness when she is accused of sexually abusing a student at the elementary school. Soon, Alice is arrested, incarcerated, and as good as convicted in the eyes of a suspicious community. As a child, Alice designed her own map of the world to find her bearings. Now, as an adult, she must find her way again, through a maze of lies, doubt and ill will.

A vivid human drama of guilt and betrayal, A Map of the World chronicles the intricate geographies of the human heart and all its mysterious, uncharted terrain.  The result is a piercing drama about family bonds and a disappearing rural American life.

A Map of the World

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(Plume Essential Edition)

Ruth Anne Boatwright--a South Carolina bastard who is attached to the indomitable women in her mother's family--is tired of being labeled white trash and longs to escape from her hometown, and especially from Daddy Glen and his meanspirited jealousy.

Bastard Out of Carolina

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#paperback #nonfiction #relationships #mother #daughter #motherdaughter #drugs #sexualabuse #motheranddaughter #family 

A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back

Narrated from both the mother's and daughter's perspective, a compelling memoir describes the life of a teenage runaway; her mother's journey into the dark and sinister underbelly of drugs, pimps, and violence to find and rescue her daughter; and the daughter's struggle back to life in a harsh-but-loving boot camp school in which she overcame self-hatred and depression to find herself. Reprint.

Come Back

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Brave, sad, and critical! #nonfiction #socialscience #paperback #incest #storytelling #narrative #abuse #sexualabuse #feminist #culturalstudies 

Amanda Lovelace

Which doesn’t burn in this one

Bruce Ritter

Sometimes God Has a Kid’s Face

Aaron Fisher; Michael Gillum; Dawn Daniels

Silent No More

Mary E. DeMuth

We Too

Khalid Abdalla

The Kite Runner DVD

Carol Poston

Reclaiming Our Lives

Cheryl Rainfield

Stained

Sonja K. Solter

When You Know What I Know

Idra Novey

Those Who Knew

V. (formerly Eve Ensler)

The Apology

Joyce Meyer

Beauty for Ashes

Stacey Shiflett

Wolves among Lambs

Jane Hamilton

A Map of the World

Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina

Claire Fontaine; Mia Fontaine

Come Back

Janice L. Doane, Janice Doane, Devon Hodges

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