THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket . This Bright Future is a raw and unfiltered journey into the life...
Adult child abuse victims
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Author:Hall, BobbySummary: - Author:Ernst, ThomSummary:
"An inspiring story of resilience, told with a vivid sense of character and humour." —RICHARD CROUSE, CTV host and film critic Film critic, writer, and broadcaster Thom Ernst chronicles his life growing up with an abusive...
- Author:Crow, DavidSummary:
Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David...
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Author:STEEL, DanielleSummary:Even as a child, Gabriella Harrison's only escape is through the stories she writes. Only writing can dull the pain of her lonely world.
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Author:Asbenson, JenniferSummary:Imagine... growing up in an abusive, unfinished geodesic dome home with no heat or running water, wearing the same clothes to school every day, and eating breakfast cereal with warm goat milk. In this whimsical, poetic, and gripping...
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Author:Rummel, ErikaSummary:There are many forms of isolation, and Ellie is becoming an expert on them: unloved and ignored as a child in Vienna, up against cultural barriers in Canada, holed up in a cabin in the north. What are the effects of isolation on the...
- Author:Beattie, AnnSummary:
Nina and her brother Andrew share a strong bond: during childhood, they helped each other survive the cruelty of their physician father. Their mother has not fared so well: she is a drunken byproduct of domestic mythology. Now Nina, a...
- Author:DiLouie, CraigSummary:
David Young, Deacon Price, and Beth Harris live with a dark secret. As children, they survived a religious group's horrific last days at the isolated mountain Red Peak. Years later, the trauma of what they experienced never feels...
- Author:Bonner, BetsySummary:
Betsy Bonner unravels the mystery of her sister and what happened in the final months before her disappearance, alleged overdose, and death.
- Author:Patton, StaceySummary:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stacey Patton penned this moving memoir describing her tumultuous childhood growing up first in a state institution and then in a fractured foster family. She makes a strong case to illustrate how the...
- Author:Spence, NicoleSummary:
Somewhere North of Where I Was is the heart-rending story of a young girl whose childhood innocence was stolen. Retold with the reflective voice of a woman who has survived and transcended the trauma of childhood poverty, neglect and...
- Author:Feehan, ChristineSummary:
Chicago's Ferraro crime family will do anything to protect one of their own in this thrilling entry in theShadow Riders series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan. Nicoletta Gomez was a terrified teenager...
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Author:Newman, Carey, Hudson, KirstieSummary:Picking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada,...
- Author:Cardinal, ColleenSummary:
During the 60s Scoop, over 20,000 Indigenous children in Canada were removed from their biological families, lands and culture and trafficked across provinces, borders and overseas to be raised in non-Indigenous households....
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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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Author:Chief, Arthur BearSummary:In a series of chronological vignettes, Arthur Bear Chief depicts the punishment, cruelty, abuse, and injustice that he endured at Old Sun Residential School and then later relived in the traumatic process of retelling his story at an...
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Author:Turmel, TheresaSummary:"Mnidoo Bemaasing Bemaadiziwin is a twenty-five year research and community based book. It brings forward Indigenous thought, history, and acts of resistance as viewed through the survivors of residential school who through certain...
- Author:Robinson, MarilynneSummary:
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church -- the only available shelter from the rain -- and ignites a romance and a debate that will reshape her life. She becomes the wife of...
- Author:Shariff, NorahSummary:
L'histoire de Samia Shariff, mariée de force et bouc émissaire d'un mari violent, a bouleversé des milliers de lecteurs. Dans son livre, Le voile de la peur, Samia raconte sa vie infernale. Enfermée et battue, elle subit...
- Author:Monroe, MarySummary:
Annette Goode couldn't be happier with where she is in life. She has a good job, a comfortable home, and a wonderful husband and daughter. But tough times lie ahead. Out of the blue, Annette begins receiving anonymous hate mail and...
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