books about: abused

books about: abused

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Abused

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family

Dave Pelzer

HCI, 1997

a very sad book!!!!
this was a good book very sad that any child would have to endure these kinds of things but it does happen in life sadly enough !!!!! well worth the read!!!

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of ...

Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer

William Morrow, 2008

tells a horrific story with grace and confidence
Either Ellissa Wall is a naturally gifted writer, or else she had an amazing team of editors behind her because this story is really well-written. Not only is the story a compelling read, the writing makes it easy to read as well. Often, tell-all auto-biographies are ...

The Emotionally Abused Woman : Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself

Beverly Engel

Ballantine Books, 1992

Take the Time
It can take years, even a lifetime, to heal from emotional abuse. The author, Beverly Engel, lets us know within the first pages that she has endured a history of abuse, and from this background, she has made her career choices, mainly, to become a therapist helping ...

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

Beverly Engel

Wiley, 2003

Insightful, hands-on and extremely helpful
Engel leads you thru step-by-step discovering how your childhood relationships impact your adult relationships. She offers good examples and thot-provoking questions so that you can finally pinpoint your own triggers and negative behaviors. THEN she provides concrete ...

A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive

Dave Pelzer

HCI, 1995

Highly Recommend!
I bought the trilogy I simply could not put the books down! I highly recommend them!

Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Third Edition

Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, ...

W. W. Norton, 2008

Very up to date information
I bought this book for a University class that I am taking. It is packed with information. Some chapters are pretty scientific (especially the chapter on the brain). The authors do a good job, even for a scientifically challenged reader like myself. If you want to know ...

Disquiet (Penguin Original)

Julia Leigh

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008

wonderfully atmospheric
I disagree very strongly with the single, negative reviewer of this book posted up on this site -- actually, it is the only non-glowing review of this marvellous little tale that i have come across online. And i looked at a dozen or more reviews. (Leigh is a widely ...

The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family

Karyn Purvis, David Cross, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2007

This book was our break through
What a great tool this book has been. It helped us make a break through with our second daughter who we had been struggling with for over a year. We had been working hard with all of her indivual issues in isolation. We worked with her language delays, her behavorial ...

A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness

Dave Pelzer

Plume, 2000

Highly Recommended
I bought the trilogy I simply could not put the books down! I highly recommend them!

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Child Psychiatrist's ...

Bruce Perry, Maia Szalavitz

Basic Books, 2007

Brilliant and heartening
Assisted by a talented science writer, child psychiatrist Bruce Perry presents a series of heartbreaking stories of children severely damaged by trauma. But that's only one side of this remarkable book. The other side is how many of these profoundly damaged children ...

Leaving Whiskey Bend

Dorothy Garlock

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Review
Hallie Wolcott and her friend, Pearl Parsons keep believing that there has got to be better places to live then Whiskey Bend, Colorado. So when their friend, Mary needs to escape from her abuse stepbrother, they seize this opportunity to leave Whiskey Bend. The three ...

Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (7th Edition) (MyHelpingKit Series)

Cynthia Crosson-Tower

Allyn & Bacon, 2007

Great text!
Crossan-Towers is a fabulous introduction to child abuse and neglect for undergraduates and graduates students alike.

Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse

Mike Lew

Harper Paperbacks, 2004

Very Eye Opening
If you or a loved one have been the victim of childhood sexual abuse then this book is an excellent resourcee. It deals primarily with Male Survivors and provides great insight into how coping mechanisms have become a way of life. It allows survivors to carefully ...

Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children

Eliana Gil

Dell, 1988

Hard to find book; great service here!! THANKS!!
The author has a wealth of experience working with children. The book is easy to read. It is really helpful and each page is a thought provoker. Better is read slower so the reader has plenty of reflective time. This book and the author will be classics in the child ...

Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Peril and the Teacher Who Saved Her

Torey Hayden

Avon, 1992

An Unforgettable Read
This was a fascinating story that I stayed up late to finish in one night. When a Special Education teacher begins to see clues that Jadie, one of her students, might be the victim of possible ritualistic sexual abuse, she digs deeper and ultimately must come ...