Abuse category: 3108 books

Thanks to the Simpson case, domestic violence is no longer a dirty little secret. It remains, however, a devastating problem, and even more, a deadly killer. What is the answer? In 1994, Lou Brown, father of Nicole Brown Simpson, gave us one solution by establishing a foundation in his daughter's...

Miss Laurel was dying. It was inevitable. Her 30 years of daily chemical abuse had brought her to the brink of destruction. She lost her husband and now her son. She wanted to die. Yet, God had another plan as she came to understand that no human power can save me. Scourge gives an unprecedented,...

Jenny has moved to a group home, but she is very unhappy and unsettled. Things come to a head when her support worker finds a photo of Dad. Sensitively, the support worker helps Jenny to feel secure enough to talk about why she is upset. Jenny discloses that she was sexually abused by her father....

This workbook accompanies Treating Nonoffending Parents in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: Connections for Family Safety. It features many useful checklists, illustrative diagrams, and spaces to record thoughts and feelings as the client works through the process.

Ohana: Happiness is a Choice is a book about one woman’s descent into hell – a hell so pervasive that her very survival was threatened. It is an inspirational story of her strength, will to survive and love of family - pushing her to overcome great obstacles and emerge from the depths of abject...

This autobiography is about my life and the humble words in this book will reflect many stories of domestic violence, abuse of all kinds, sadness, major illnesses, family tragedies, and, most important, how to survive anything that comes your way. I am just a guy who grew up under adverse situations...

In this ground-breaking book, author Liz Atherton explains the difference between healthy relating versus unhealthy, toxic and abusive relating. Every relationship has its ups and downs, but toxic and abusive relationships have distinctive patterns and behaviours that are detrimental to everyone involved. Cycles...

Written by the Fellowship of Chemically Dependent Anonymous to share its history, philosophical underpinnings and program with others in our own book. We have based our program on one proven successful for over half a century by Alcoholics Anonymous in helping alcoholics find the road to recovery and...

This story is about four boys who grew up as close friends, while growing up they would see women or their friend's mothers in their neighborhood being abused by men leaving these four boys with a sick feeling inside over the years. It would play back in their minds time after time, so much that they...

Imagine waking up to find that your routinely-scheduled plans have been disrupted? In life, we assume that there will always be a tomorrow. What would you do if there was no tomorrow and today is all you have? In What About Me? Laravia Howard lived her life conforming to the status quo of her tumultuous...

Through a difficult journey an ordinary woman finds a powerful god! Based on true events, Whispered Truth, tells the harrowing, yet miraculous, journey of stay-at-home mom Denise Boese who is raising her daughters, Jaime, 3, and Samantha, 18 months. It’s 1984 in Glendale, Missouri....

If you have ever suffered in silence from abuse and domestic violence, Paint My World Purple will speak volumes to your spirit. After years of suffering, Mary Reese-Paul gained the courage to pack up her toddler son and leave the man she had married as a young teen. Having the courage and inner strength...

In this short story by Mel S., it's up to Sissy to repair her mother's latest suicide attempt and save the life of her unborn sister. However, when she learns a dark secret about her younger sister, Nadia, she must choose between continued abuse from her unrepentant pregnant mother or striking out on her own to spare Nadia from the only life she's known.

A personal documentary spanning my 14 year journey of care to three elderly parents with dementia, the physical and financial abuse by another family member, legal issues, my feelings and challenges as a caregiver, the search for care facilities, cost of care, care aids, love of family, faith, my support system, life and end-of-life care decisions.