By age 30, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk...
Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Author:Foo, StephanieSummary: - Author:Theriault, VernonSummary:
Dans ce livre, Theriault décrit son expérience dans la mine du comté de Pictou, ses combats personnels à la suite du désastre et la façon dont il a donné un sens nouveau à sa vie en participant à la campagne de lobbying de...
- Author:Theriault, VernonSummary:
L'explosion de méthane éventre la mine Westray, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Vingt-six mineurs y sont pris au piège. Les résidents de Plymouth retiennent leur souffle tandis que les sauveteurs partent à la recherche de survivants, bravant des...
- Author:Kirby, PeterSummary:
Montreal's Hochelaga district is in the grips of gentrification and its drug dealers and prostitutes are fast disappearing. Inspector Vanier, investigating the brutal death of a drug dealer, suspects the neighbourhood cleanup may...
- Author:Siemens, J. T.Summary:
Disgraced ex-cop Sloane Donovan has relied on her job as a fitness instructor to keep her mental illness and PTSD in check-until she finds a close friend dead, apparently by her own hand. Obsessive demons triggered and doubtful of the...
- Author:Gould, LeslieSummary:
Can they find a way to stitch their suffering into hope and embrace an uncertain future? Tally Smucker's quiet life of reading and quilting hides her sorrow over her mother's declining health and the lack of a fulfilling future for...
- Author:Trump, Mary L.Summary:
This program is read by the author. The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller From the #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough : A diagnosis of America's national trauma, and a way to heal. The Reckoning will...
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Author:Langley, Dawn RenoSummary:Natalie DeAngelo lost everything when her two sons were killed in a school shooting. For relief from her loss, she volunteers as a veterinarian on an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. Still battling memories that torment her, Natalie must...
- Author:Robinson, Kim StanleySummary:
One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2020
"If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future." —Ezra Klein
The Ministry...
- Author:Robinson, Kim StanleySummary:
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to protect all living creatures, present and future. It soon became known as the Ministry for the Future, and...
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Author:Curtis, Christopher PaulSummary:Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and...
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Author:Mofina, RickSummary:Lisa Taylor had friends, family, and a job she loved back in Cleveland. But when her husband, Jeff, lands the promotion of a lifetime, she gives it all up to stand by him. Their whirlwind move to Miami feels like an adventure, and their...
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Author:Robertson, RobinSummary:Winner, Roehampton Poetry Prize, Finalist, Man Booker Prize, Finalist, Goldsmiths Prize. Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for...
- Author:Lamb, WallySummary:
When 47-year-old high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife, Maureen, a school nurse, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, Maureen finds herself in the school library at...
- Author:Hannah, KristinSummary:
In Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, a desperate family seeks a new beginning in the near-isolated wilderness of Alaska only to find that their unpredictable environment is less threatening than the erratic behavior found in human...
- Author:Dailey, JanetSummary:
In the heart of Arizona's Sonora Desert, a little girl in need of her father, a woman in need of forgiveness, and a war hero in need of love come together to create a family. Before he left for Afghanistan, Jake O'Reilly had...
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Author:Barnaby, J. P.Summary:It’s been nearly five years since Aaron woke up in the hospital so broken, he couldn’t stand the sight of his own face. The flashbacks no longer dominate his life, but he’s still unable to find intimacy with his lover, Spencer Thomas....
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Author:Sylvre, LouSummary:Sequel to 'Finding Jackie' Luki Vasquez and his still newlywed husband are back home after pulling off a harrowing desert rescue of their teenage nephew Jackie. But the events of the last couple of years have begun to catch up with Luki...
- Author:Whisler, ElysiaSummary:
She needs a fresh start. He's got scars that haven't healed. With the help of some rescue dogs, they'll discover that everyone deserves a chance at happinessAfter a year of heartbreak and loss, the only thing keeping...
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Author:Vandal, Roland, Rummery, CarleneSummary:Having been sexually abused by a boxing coach as a teen, and not knowing who to trust or tell, Roland Vandal found solace in drugs and alcohol. His battle with addiction, and his unwillingness to speak of his demons, led to failed...
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