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This work is a account of child abuse and survival, set in circa 1960s America and told from the child’s point of view. Many books and movies have covered this subject, but this account seems especially heart-wrenching, covering many years of continual abuse. It addresses aspects of the psychological mindset of both the victim and perpetrator. It reminds us that in the life of an abuse victim, there are both failures and victories of a personal nature.

When Gloria Hall was five years old, her mother died, leaving her daddy to raise six small children alone. He soon remarried, and Gloria and her brothers endured both physical and mental abuse at the hands of her stepmother. For years, Gloria and her two younger brothers lived in constant fear of the next beating, which were sometimes severe enough to keep them from school activities.

Perhaps, you are one of three girls, or one of five boys that was sexually abused by the time you were 18 years old. Unfortunately, I fell into that nasty category. In preparing to write my first memoir, Identifying and Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse, I came upon a list of approximately 99 different after-effects that come as a result of sexual abuse. Finally, I held in my hands, a list of words that totally and completely described myself! I pray that this audiobook will give you the information that you need for a total and complete healing in your life!

This book is for all of us who have suffered abuse and need to be heard, believed, and supported by others. The time is long past for us to take a stand and speak up about the abuses we've endured and the damage caused by those abuses. We have felt alone and isolated in our pain from these secrets of abuse. The perpetrators have kept us silent, living in shame and guilt, long enough. Let’s be silent no more, and let’s be there for one another, encouraging each other to heal.

Prosecuted but Not Silenced is a powerful documentary about a mother and daughter's tragic involvement with the judicial system when there were allegations of child sexual abuse, a human rights and civil rights issue for women and children. It is an important educational tool for judges, lawyers, social workers, therapists, politicians, and the general public so that people realize what still occurs today.

Enduring Childhood Abuse is a heart-wrenching and awe-inspiring story of Connie F. Webster's early life. Through this audiobook, you see her childhood and young adult life full of trials: sexual abuse at a young age, kidnapping, an unexpected teen pregnancy that ends due to an accident-induced miscarriage, a long-term relationship with a substance and alcohol abuser. Unflinchingly, she tells us her stories and what she's learned from each, helping us look for the grace to overcome our own challenges.

Are you tired of the never ending shit show? If so, you're not alone. It's not you. It's your brain. All those stress hormones you were inadvertently given as a child forever altered the emotional part of your brain and left its traumatic imprint on your soul. When you least expect it, you are either paralyzed with fear or stuck in an uncontrollable blind rage. But what do you do about it?

This deeply personal memoir, cowritten by singer-songwriter, renowned mental health advocate, and recent Order of Canada recipient Séan McCann and wife Andrea Aragon, leaves no stone unturned. Detailing in powerful and lyrical prose a Newfoundland childhood indoctrinated in strict Catholic faith, the creation of the wildly successful Great Big Sea, and the battle with alcoholism that nearly cost them everything, McCann and Aragon offer listeners a story of reaching international fame and finding rock bottom.

A powerful, inspiring book about overcoming childhood trauma and finding light through the darkness. Written with love and grace, Glori Meldrum opens up about her childhood sexual abuse, her fight to survive, and how it shaped her to become the powerhouse she is today. Raw and beautifully written, she weaves in humor and honesty as she takes listeners on a journey of vulnerability, perseverance, and triumph in starting Little Warriors and building Be Brave Ranch, the world's first-class treatment center for childhood sexual abuse survivors.

Gaze into the wounded soul of an innocent child and experience a different perspective of soul damage and the destruction left by sexual abuse. Through the eyes of author Shari Rickenbach, go on a healing journey of overcoming the shame, rage, guilt, fear, and pain of sexual abuse. Choice is the beginning to your life lived free - free from the shackles and pain of abuse - free to be who God created you to be - free to live life to your fullest potential to co-create with God. Choose your beginning to restoring your voice and value.

This audiobook tells the true story of a family's pain as several harrowing events unfold. A grandmother so selfish she lost everything over one man's sick pleasure. A father who will stop at nothing to keep his own dark secrets from getting out. The loving mother so broke down in life she questions her own sanity. The cries that could not be heard. The beatings that could not be stopped. The teachers who got it all wrong. The twisted friend. The beast that none stopped.

In one of the most inspirational stories about God’s grace, Theresa holds nothing back as she retraces her traumatic childhood in the countryside of North Carolina in one of the most inspiring autobiographies ever written. Between unstable, alcoholic parents and the ever-present threat of emotional and physical neglect, Theresa never had the childhood every adult wished they could recall.

It's Just Your Imagination explores what it's like to grow up with a mother who insists on putting herself at the center of every situation. This book gives you the tools to live a pain-free life if you were raised by a narcissistic mother. This firsthand account of my personal journey offers a vicarious understanding of maternal narcissism and its implications.

"I’m going to be so happy now, just wait and see.” But I left the altar where I met Jesus and walked back into the same patterns of behavior in my life. Indeed he set me free, but it took a long journey down a lighted path before freedom became my reality. Born into abject poverty then adopted into an alcoholic family, by the time she reached 33 her life was shattered. She was alone, broke, rejected again, desperate, out of hope and done with life.

Oh God. It Hurts! Is an audiobook about the hard questions in life. This audio version was created specifically for an audiobook and is updated and expanded from the print version. Why is there pain? Why do people suffer? How does God fit into all of this? This audiobook asks lots of questions and shares the author's own personal stories, as well as those of his sister. Many of those stories are unpleasant and troubling.

Desiring to bring hope and healing to other victims, these men and women — survivors as well as their community of family and friends — come together to speak out about their abuse and betrayal by Catholic priests and leaders. These are only a few stories — but through these few are related the experiences of many victims. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these men and women are still active, practicing Catholics who love their faith. The abusers may have stolen their innocence, but through God’s grace, they weren’t able to steal their faith.

Tammy stayed silent on the fights, the bruises, and the tears she cried behind the couch, hiding from her mother. She stayed silent about what happened between her father and her when no one was looking for eight terrifying years. Even after finding the courage to protect a friend and tell their small town sheriff, she stayed silent, refusing to explain the sordid details of what a father should never do to his daughter to strangers who were trying to help her

This is an audiobook about two caring grandparents who find themselves in the midst of a custody battle concerning their two-year-old grandson who they believe has been neglected by the child’s mother. Throughout the audiobook, they often play the role of detectives, who are driven to chase clues and find evidence to support their hunches to prove their case to a crooked judge. This audiobook will appeal to anyone interested in a suspenseful family story with many twists and turns. It will also attract listeners who want to learn more about the pitfalls of our legal system.

Joe Secrist was born with a rare condition called coloboma, which means that part of the one or more structures inside an unborn baby’s eye does not fully develop during pregnancy. A coloboma occurs in about one in 10,000 births. He was not diagnosed until his early childhood and was considered the clumsy boy who crashed his bike. This is Joe’s story and his account of life during his years of abuse and neglect. Once sent away, his abuse continued at the Indiana School for the Blind. Joe has kept his silence until now.

During the course of her neglected and abusive childhood, Wendy dreamed of a warm and bright haven of peace, far removed from her dreary, often painful surroundings. Even as she lived through the domestic violence and indifference of her parents and then fell victim to a sexual predator, she held on to her vision of happiness, love, and fulfilment. Slowly, as she grew into womanhood, she set about turning her vision into reality. This is the story of how she overcame a dysfunctional family, the nightmare of emotional and sexual abuse, loneliness and destructive relationships.