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Little Billy Eiland grew up in the projects having never known his real father. Julie, his mother, a white prostitute with a penchant for black men, would always change the subject when Billy asked her about his origins. Thus, Billy grew up not knowing who he was, but knowing that he was different. Billy’s siblings' fathers were all 100 percent black, but Billie had blond hair and blue eyes. Julie’s other children had the last name of Clark. Billy was the only child whose last name was Eiland. Not knowing his true identity, Billy was forced to forge a new one.

John Clark Donahue was considered a brilliant but difficult artistic genius in American theater in the 1970s and '80s. The theater endured, and the full truth of what was happening behind the scenes was swept under the rug, until now. Laura Stearns’ memoir follows her process of coming to terms with experiencing childhood sexual violence at CTC.

A dramatic and terrifying memoir of a ‘catfish’ scenario – when a woman meets a man online but nothing is what it seems. 25-year-old Megan Henley put her five-year-old daughter to bed one evening and switched on her laptop. A Facebook ‘friend request’ seemed to be genuine. There were a...

At four-years-old, David spends his days exploring with curious contemplation the vast wonders of the seemingly magical world around him. His only real care is wondering when his big brother, Robert, will be home from school to share it with him. His life is replete with typical childhood antics, joys, and fears, and nightmares that wrack his sleep, but ultimately every morning, he knows a new adventure awaits. The divorce of their parents two years later sets in motion a chain of unforeseen events that bring David closer to his brother as a real-life nightmare unfolds.

In Operation KidSafe, former detective and specialist child interviewer Kristi McVee shares her "must-have" tips, advice, and lessons acquired during her career as a police officer where she interviewed adult and child victims and investigated child sexual abuse cases.

“Your father is a sociopath.” Her therapist’s words reveal the awful truth. But they also offer Eva the key to breaking free. Convinced that every negative situation—even childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her brother and others—results directly from her choices, Eva rejects any suggestion that she’s a victim of trauma. Her narcissist father has trained her to embrace this mindset as he controls her every decision, including who she marries—a man just like him.

The Death of My Monster, Mourning Him and Meeting my Broken Mother Again My mother is on borrowed time, and it was time to give her just one more chance. What I learned was shocking. Perhaps, I was too broken and too young to have seen. Perhaps, I was so trapped in my own brokenness that I failed to fully understand how crushed she was. There was nothing but pieces of her left, and it was the beginning of her own self-destructiveness. I wasn’t the only one crawling out of a dark hole; she was crawling and losing. It took her more than three decades to climb that deep hole and scrape her ...

Perhaps, you are one of three girls, or one of five boys that was sexually abused by the time you were 18 years old. Unfortunately, I fell into that nasty category. In preparing to write my first memoir, Identifying and Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse, I came upon a list of approximately 99 different after-effects that come as a result of sexual abuse. Finally, I held in my hands, a list of words that totally and completely described myself! I pray that this audiobook will give you the information that you need for a total and complete healing in your life!

México ocupa el primer lugar mundial en abuso sexual infantil. Y cuando éste es perpetrado por quienes deberían dar guía y consuelo, la infamia adquiere proporciones de estruendo. Con testimonios de víctimas, filósofos, teólogos y otros expertos, Depredadores sagrados ofrece el mejor análisis que se haya hecho de la pederastia clerical en nuestro país. Esta obra, es un viaje a través del dolor, la iniquidad y las repercusiones personales y sociales. Pero también de la resistencia, la solidaridad y la denuncia.

A violent father A sadistic brother An abusive mother A psychopathic husband No one heard her cries. From broken bones to murdered pets to violated innocence, Casey Jones endured countless atrocities as a child. Trapped in a world of unbearable cruelty, her mind shattered into alternate personalities, and she escaped into the arms of an angel. At age 20, she fled her torture chamber and found the strength to forge her way in the world, thriving as a flight attendant who entertained passengers with her in-flight songs and antics. But later, a calculating predator impersonating a medical ...

This is a story of how I, a victim of physical, emotional, and sexual child abuse, grew to have a wonderfully beautiful life. This is a story of hope. I grew up with an angry, manipulative, controlling, alcoholic father. When I was 11, my mother divorced him. Though we were free from our daily nightmare, we were not free from the damage he inflicted.

Have you ever wondered what living in Hell is like? Listen to this short diary from a 16-year-old based on a true story. Parental alienation is something not many hear about, but most are affected by at some point in their life. Child custody issues is where you will find most of the narcissistic parental alienators, but it happens in even the most "stable" of situations with a happy family. Surviving parental alienation syndrome for a child is surviving child abuse. Until you can end the alienation, lies, and deception, you will continue to die a bit each and every day.

This book offers a comprehensive historical and cross-cultural examination of infanticide, a subject that has appeared in human societies across time and geography but is rarely studied in a unified way. Drawing on historical records and modern research from around the world, the author brings together material that has previously been scattered across academic disciplines and isolated studies. Rather than focusing on sensational cases, the book explores the social, psychological, legal, and cultural contexts in which infanticide has occurred. It examines how different societies have ...

Born into the slums of Glasgow in the late '70s, a 4-year-old John's life is filled with the debris of alcoholism and poverty. Soon after witnessing a drowning, his mother's addictions take over their lives, leaving him starving in their flat, awaiting her return. A concerned neighbor reports her, and he is forcibly taken away from his mother and placed into the care system. There, he dreams of being reunited with her.

Cathy is een ervaren pleegouder, maar niemand had haar kunnen voorbereiden op de komst van Jodie, een achtjarig meisje met zoveel gedragsproblemen dat ze in vier maanden tijd bij vijf verschillende gezinnen wordt geplaatst. Langzaam wint Cathy het vertrouwen van Jodie, en haar gedrag verbetert aanzienlijk. Stukje bij beetje onthult het meisje de schokkende en hartverscheurende details van haar mishandeling door de mensen die haar hadden moeten liefhebben en beschermen.

Sexual abuse is more common than we would like to admit. It happens across children of all ages, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. It is a crime. It is harmful to the child. It is a threat to the warm, loving security of families affected by it. This book is written mainly for non-offending parents who believes that parent active role and support is essential to the recovery of their sexually abused child. Without the parent’s support, it would be very hard for a sexually abused child to recover. Reading this book will offer you information about the different types of sexual abuse...

The product of a schizophrenic mother and absentee father, Lorraine Wilkes shares her captivating survival story. Her struggle progresses from eating out of trash cans at the age of five, becoming the primary caregiver of her four younger sisters, to being sheltered by her zero-tolerance aunt. To cope, she learned how to become invisible. In her hiding places, horror stories are overheard, unspoken acts of violence are performed, and her only refuge is to hide deep within the recesses of her mind. Inherently, she always knew her day to physically escape would come. This book will help ...

There really is a monster in the hallway. Be careful. Your bedroom door will open, throwing light on your face. You'll feign sleep. The door will close behind your father, and darkness will descend.

John farrow was Hollywood royalty. An Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter, he was married to the talented and beautiful actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Together they had seven children, including esteemed actress Mia Farrow, mother of journalist Ronan Farrow. They were a fairytale Hollywood family. But all was not as it seemed.

Michelle Anderson was verbally, physically and (possibly) sexually abused as a child leading into adulthood. When I met her, all I saw was that amazing smile and her ability to love. For years, things between us went smoothly. Until one day....