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"In this brave and beautiful memoir...a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love story into a shocking tale of abuse--examining the tenderness and violence entwined in the relationship, why she endured years of physical and emotional pain, and how she eventually broke free."--
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A deeply researched account from an award-winning journalist that uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest-and most intimate-ways imaginable.
We fear dark alleys when in truth, home is the most dangerous place for a woman. Of the 87,000 women killed globally in 2017, more than a third (30,000) were killed by an intimate partner, and another 20,000 were killed by a family member. In the US, that rate is 2.5 women killed by their...
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If you feel like you are stuck with narcissistic behaviors for the rest of your life. Think again...
Because while no single book or even therapy session for that matter can completely remove all poisonous habits, this book will show you specific steps to lessen the extreme harshness of your self-loving personality traits.
Decreasing narcissism in people has been done countless times before and there is scientific evidence showing anyone...
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Do you wonder if you are being abused or if someone you know is being abused?
Do you want to heal from abuse and learn how to live an abuse-free peaceful life?
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume III is an encyclopedic handbook that answers questions on the problem-abuse trauma. No truth is left untold. Detailed Clinical Faith-based treatment strategies are provided. The path is enlightened as the victim takes possession of her life! Triumphant...
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This is a story about loss and restoration. Instead of a tale of woe and loneliness, it is a tale of freedom, redemption, and rebuilding. During a very painful divorce, I lost everything and everyone I knew. My ex-husband aided by our church, my family of origin, and many of our friends, built a wall around my children and refused to give me meaningful access to them.Throughout these challenging and painful events, I continued to keep the faith that...
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· Here's what you'll find inside Are You a Victim of Insane Relationships?
Why newly found seemingly ideal relationships often quickly fall apart
Why those who look for love are those least likely to find it
Why you can intensely hate your partner but not be able to break up the relationship
How your partner can psychologically change your behavior-without you ever knowing it
How your partner can destroy your identity and ruin...
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When you say the words 'domestic abuse', the first image that comes to mind for most is male violence towards women. Despite what some may believe, the very real truth is that domestic abuse is not a gendered crime, with men making up an estimated third of all victims. Break the Silence — A Support Guide For Male Victims Of Domestic Abuse explores the world of the male victim in an attempt to break the social stereotypes and gendered beliefs when...
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After Shanae finally got over all the lies that Stephen (also known as Keyshawn Johnson) told, she just knew things had taken a turn for the better when she met P. Shane had another baby with P, did a complete 360, and moved on with her life. Or did she?
Shanae would soon learn P wasn't so sweet. Truth is, Shanae wasn't done with the streets. She still had more hustling to do and refused to wait around on handouts from P. This time, Shanae had taken...
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This is a memoir about a man's life that covers so many social and personal aspects of life that highlight major areas of concern in our current society. It is a raw, honest portrayal that will surely affect its readers as only the best of writing can do. It is the story of an immigrant man who came to America with nothing, became a Marine, then a police officer, only to end up in prison. It is about making mistakes, surviving, resilience and redemption....
11) Finally Free
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"You called me bitch for the last time!"
Click. Shami hung up the phone. It felt as though a refrigerator was lifted off her chest instantly. "Wow!" I said to myself. "It was that easy? I don't believe it."
Shami is a young woman who dreamed of falling in love, getting married, raising a beautiful child, and keeping them together by any means necessary. She met and fell in love with a gorgeous man, John. Then her world turned upside down, and in...
12) La cascada
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El sol se pone en la autovía del Norte mientras Nathalie huye de Madrid. Huye de una relación asfixiante con un hombre celoso y autoritario. De una casa a la que nunca pudo llamar hogar porque es como una herida abierta que le recuerda todos los días que su vida es un fracaso, tal y como atestigua su historial de trabajos precarios, y como evidencian los lienzos y el material de pintura olvidados en uno de los cuartos. También huye de la incomprensible...
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Frances Smith is the 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 the strength to fight back. This is her courageous story told with brutal honesty and at times humour. It chronicles her descent to the brink of suicide and consequent rebuilding of her life. This unique account is essential reading for all those who have...
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Domestic violence, mental health issues, addiction, and suicide rob millions of people of their lives each year. SL Cook believes that by talking about these issues, the taboo is, removed and healing can begin. This inspiring and empowering book is about her abusive marriage, the poor choices she made, the victory of finally leaving that destructive situation, and the life lessons she learned along the way.
If you are struggling with any of these...
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Do you wonder if you are being abused or if someone you know is being abused?
Do you want to heal from abuse and learn how to live an abuse-free peaceful life?
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume II is an encyclopedic handbook that answers questions on the problem-abuse trauma. No truth is left untold. Detailed Clinical Faith-based treatment strategies are provided. The path is enlightened as the victim takes possession of her life! Triumphant...
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When you think about abuse, do you think of someone being, slapped? Or, punched? I did too until I found myself in a toxic marriage, in which I was emotionally, verbally, mentally, and financially abused. I did not even know I was being, abused until I was, taken out of the situation and started seeing a therapist. This is my story of how the abuse, changed my life, of how I had, to fight, to rebuild my life.
I want to educate others to know that...
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A Safe Place for Women tells a harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, story of one woman's ordeal with an abusive husband and how she gained the strength to leave him and thrive in a new life with her children. Noted women's advocate Kelly White unsparingly revisits the dark periods of her husband's irrational, violent moods. Her narrative makes clear why women often stay in such situations-and also how to end them. After each section of personal narrative,...
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"Off and on I'd try to break free of the relationship, but I always went back..." So begins one woman's story of domestic violence, but the words she penned could have come from anyone. That is because at its core, each instance of domestic violence tells the same story, enacted again and again across different lives and through generations. Breaking Free is a collection of ten women's stories of emotional and physical hurt, heartbreak, and triumph....
20) Autumn Sky
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Not all abuse is physical. Not all abuse leaves bruises. But for all victims of abuse, it's never easy to break free.
The day Julia's best friend Becky gives her a magazine article to read, her whole world falls apart. After years of suffering emotional and psychological abuse, is Julia ready to face the truth about her perfect marriage to Simon, or will she continue to hide her head in the sand?
This second edition of Autumn Sky includes Helen...
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