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Love gives life, sometimes it takes.   Saakshi and Raghav had been married for six years. They had a son. When Saakshi started working in Delhi, why did Rohit come into her life? Why did Saak……続きを見る

A True Life Crime Story For most teenagers, rebellion is a rite of passage. You fight with your parents over curfews and music. You push limits. You sneak out. You test the boundaries of independenc……続きを見る

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substance……続きを見る

With the knowledge and sensitivity of a teacher and counsellor, Ruth M. Mann details a community effort to establish a shelter for abused women in a small Ontario municipality. While other literatur……続きを見る

More than a memoir, The Olive Picker is a touching experience brimming with strength and triumph. Facing a horrific attack, a resourceful nurse must summon her wits or lose her life. In this brave a……続きを見る

This book contains a new analogy for dysfunctional and codependent groups of people: a medieval-style Toxic Court in which one person, the troubled but unpredictable Emperor, is the central figure. ……続きを見る

We Slept Here is a case study in vulnerability and honesty. In this sequence of memoir-esque poems, Sierra DeMulder pulls at the threads of a past abusive relationship and the long road to forgivene……続きを見る

Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse fills a gap for an authoritative and considered text focused on false accusations of recent or historical abuse, both as a miscarriage of justice and a……続きを見る

Finally...a book written specifically for men who have endured the verbal (and often physical) abuse of female narcissistic partners. From the author of When Love Is a Lie, When Evil Is a Pretty Fac……続きを見る

House of Doors is the story of a life reassembled and about surviving love in the Rural South "House of Doors was written for the Katie’s in every culture. The stories offer confirmation for those ……続きを見る

The moving true story of a little girl with Asperger syndrome, controlled and abused by the one person she called her friend. Taylor had always struggled to make friends – she felt ‘different’. Tayl……続きを見る

Frances Smith is a pseudonym for a woman who lived in fear of her life for 22 years. Married at 16 to a Dublin criminal, she endured years of relentless mental and physical torture until she found t……続きを見る

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence i……続きを見る

Completed hours before Maurice Ward’s shocking murder, this remarkable book is the first autobiography of an Irish criminal. Recording his incarceration in Upton Industrial School, Ward recalls how ……続きを見る

Her mother was raped. This is how Melanie was born. For years, the sight of Melanie's face reminded her mother of the sexual assault, so Melanie herself was verbally and physically abused through ch……続きを見る

Feronia’s story sings to the heart of so many children who are subjected to an environment of negativity and pain, or live in the shadow of neglect, trauma or abandonment. Based on the author’s own ……続きを見る

198 pages, 601 images, 9 contributors Skin injuries are among the most common, and, certainly, the most visible, symptoms of physical abuse in children. Because professionals working with children w……続きを見る

"Looking back at the wreckage of my relationships, they have one common denominator… me." Mistakes were made. A lot of mistakes. Head shaking, stomach clenching, eye-rolling, awe-inspiring mistakes ……続きを見る

How common is child sexual abuse? How can victims and abusers best be treated? In Innocence Destroyed, originally published in 1993, Jean Renvoize uses interviews with victims and with experienced p……続きを見る

„Őszinte, mélyen átgondolt és átérzett írás. A könyv bátorságra késztet, és tisztázza mindazt, ami zavaros. Senki sem érdemel erőszakot.” Feldmár András pszichológus és pszichoterapeuta „Különleges ……続きを見る

Have you been abused, rejected or abandoned? Have you ever felt that you wanted to die? Do you feel you will never get over what has happened to you? In her book Sing O Barren, Lisa Harris-Corbitt w……続きを見る

The issue of child sexual abuse has gained widespread attention over the last three decades, but minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by women. Victims of female sex offenders have been v……続きを見る

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is now high on the social care agenda, but what is it? How is it different from other forms of child sexual abuse? This important book puts forward the rarely heard v……続きを見る

Life wasn’t easy growing up and I thank God and the people who loved and supported me unconditionally. It is hard to be betrayed by the people you love and trust. Things were difficult between me an……続きを見る

Sue Love's life journey with the abuse and neglect she encountered growing up paralyzed her as a child, and it could have paralyzed her as an adult. As a result of a really tough relationship with h……続きを見る

Le biografie delle persone che sono state vittime di abuso sono uniche. Ci sono coloro che soffrono per tutta la vita per le conseguenze psichiche, relazionali e fisiologiche degli abusi subiti. Alc……続きを見る

Dear Sister, It wasn't your fault; it was never your fault. You did nothing wrong. Hold this tight to your heart: it wasn't your fault. At night when you lay there and your mind fills with images an……続きを見る

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard your flight. As you step onto my aircraft, take a quick glance into the cockpit. Yep, that’s me sitting in the captains’ seat, and that’s my first officer laugh……続きを見る

It is not the aim of this book to break up good, loving relationships... It is however the aim of this book to break up bad, abusive relationships The real danger happens when you allow yourself to ……続きを見る

212 pages, 445 images, 11 contributors Sexual abuse of children is an especially delicate matter, and each reported case should be treated with exacting care. Accurate identification and appropriate……続きを見る