A first-hand account of a woman's struggle with sexual assault and abuse. Alternating between the past and present, the reader is taken into the author's past: her relationship with her fundamentalist Christian parents and her four...
Sexual abuse victims
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Author:Ditson, D. M.Summary: - Author:Burke, TaranaSummary:
"Tarana Burke, I just finished Unbound . Searing. Powerful. Needed!! Thank you." —Oprah This program is read by the author. From the founder and activist behind one of the largest movements of the twentieth and twenty-first...
- Author:Mukwege, DenisSummary:
From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from women's resilience, strength,...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown-and ends up in jail herself.In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the...
- Author:Talusan, GraceSummary:
Born in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves with her family to a New England suburb in the 1970s. At school, she confronts racism as one of the few kids with a brown face. At home, the confusion is worse: her grandfather's...
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Author:Barr, JohnSummary:The definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history: the crimes of osteopathic physician Larry Nassar who sexually assaulted hundreds of young gymnasts under the guise of medical treatment....
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Author:Krossing, KarenSummary:After Tori is sexually assaulted, she tells no one, but her rage and confusion erupt into violent behavior that mystifies her friends and family.
- Author:Crawford, LacySummary:
A riveting, lucid memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after trauma, and the efforts by a powerful New England boarding school to silence her--at any cost. When the elite St. Paul's School recently...
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Author:Mecredi, MorningstarSummary:Morningstar Mercredi was born and lived in the north – Fort Chipewayan and Fort McMurray in Alberta, Uranium City in Saskatchewan, and a number of small communities. Sexually abused from an early age, by family members and the...
- Author:Benoit, ChristineSummary:
Léa, une jeune fille vivant dans une famille dysfonctionnelle, décroche un emploi dans une boulangerie. Rapidement, elle développe une véritable passion pour ce métier et se réjouit de cette nouvelle vie qui s'ouvre à elle. Le rêve...
- Author:MacGregor, Keelin, Martinez, LizzetteSummary:
Lizzette Martinez and Keelin MacGregor share a no-holds-barred look at Martinez's relationship with Kelly, her efforts to break free and pursue her dreams, and her courage to seek justice.
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Author:Yeung, BerniceSummary:The Pulitzer Prize finalist's powerful examination of the hidden stories of workers overlooked by #MeToo. Apple orchards in bucolic Washington state. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man...
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Author:Prout, ChessySummary:A young survivor tells her searing, visceral story of sexual assault, justice, and healing in this gutwrenching memoir. The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual...
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Author:Stratton, AllanSummary:Chanda’s mother is not herself, her younger sister is acting out, and her best friend needs help. A powerful story set amid the African HIV/AIDS pandemic. In this sensitive, swiftly paced story, readers will find echoes of To Kill a...
- Author:Hill, AnitaSummary:
“An elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors - It's at times downright virtuosic in the threads it weaves together...
- Author:McGinnis, MindySummary:
Near the turn of the nineteenth century, Dr. Thornhollow helps teenaged Grace Mae escape from the Boston asylum where she was sent after becoming pregnant by rape, and takes her to Ohio where they put her intelligence and remarkable...
