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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
WOW!
I got this book delivered to me at work, I left work at 5pm, got home by 6pm and started reading this book. I read it all by 1 am the next morning. I could NOT put it down. It was the unbelelivable acts of a parent(s) that I was tyring to justify. I thought..somewhere ...
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Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited
Sam Vaknin
Narcissus Publications,Czech Republic, 2001
Get Out While You Can.
I have used Vaknins website and book to give me some ideas, and hope, for the situation I am in. I am setting firm boundaries and consequences. I hope through the book I can learn to get more of my life back. All I can say to others is, "If you can get out, run as fast ...
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Love Without Hurt: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, ...
Steven Stosny
Da Capo Press, 2007
Beware of title change
This is an excellent book, but is the paperback version of You Don't Have to Take it Anymore. See reviews there.
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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
Lundy Bancroft
Berkley Trade, 2003
Life changing
I have never written a book review on Amazon before, but this book changed my life. I first read it 3 years ago and go back to as I need to to recenter myself. It is rather dog-eared. It helped me regain my trust and belief in myself, helped me feel less alone, gave ...
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond
Patricia Evans
Adams Media, 2003
The abuser bought this book
My husband of 20 years was cleaning out some old books to give away and told me that I could look through them to see if I wanted any before he packed them up. I found this book by Patricia Evans in the pile and wondered why he had the book. I took it out of the pile ...
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The Verbally Abusive Man, Can He Change?: A Woman' Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go
Patricia Evans
Adams Media, 2006
most insightful and eye-opening
I read this book and presented the "Agreement" to my husband about one month ago. First off - It really got his attention! He was almost speechless for a few days! It has made a remarkable difference in the tone around our house. He read about half the book and is ...
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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 ...
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1997
This is a great follow up!
I also enjoyed this book as much as A Child Called "IT". This also made me cry as much as as the first one. I could not put it down as well.
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While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family
Kathryn Harrison
Random House, 2008
An unconvential take to an old genre
I have never read a true crime book where the author inserted so much of herself into the narrative. She works through her own pain and family problems while exploring those of another young woman. Read "The Kiss" first then read this. Her story has helped me work ...
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A Man Named Dave: A Story of Triumph and Forgiveness
Dave Pelzer
Plume, 2000
It's A Complete Trilology...
It was very exciting to find out how his adulthood went for him. I give Dave a lot of credit for forgiving his mother after all she put him through. God bless this man for sharing his life story. Hopefully, this will help other abuse victims out.
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It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence, 2nd Edition
Meg Kennedy Dugan, Roger R. Hock
Brunner-Routledge, 2006
Great Book!
I left an abusive relationship and kept wondering why me? This book really helped me see what happened and why I stayed as long as I did. I really could relate to the book well and it helped a lot with the healing process.
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No Visible Wounds: Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Women by Their Men
Mary Susan Phd Miller
Ballantine Books, 1996
It is time that emotional abuse comes out of the closet.
I was married to an emotional, physcological and financial abuser. Reading this book helped me understand his motivations and my responses in a way that counseling did not. For years I could not understand why he did the things he did, but this book helped me see ...
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You Don't Have to Take it Anymore: Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a ...
Steven Stosny
Free Press, 2005
Excellent Self-help For Individuals & Couples
Stosny's book is excellent! It teaches individuals how to heal from the pain anger has caused and how to heal relationhips damaged by anger in clear and simple steps. I have used the book in counseling with couples struggling in emotionally and physically abuse ...
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When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse
Lundy Bancroft
Berkley Trade, 2005
When Dad Hurt Mom
If there are any women out there like me, that are, or have gone through some of the worst things in life with abuse. This book is for you. It is well worth every penny.
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Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them: Breaking the Cycle of Physical and Emotional Abuse
Paul Hegstrom
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2004
the view of an angry man
An excellent book to help couples having anger issues. I was suprised to learn that I was angry (by definition) and that it is controllable (never thought so). It turned me round, made me face myself, in a similar way to an alcoholic.
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