Innocence Lost
Innocence Lost

Author: Juliana Hurd

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-09-17

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781502390806

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"There you are. I thought you was running from me." He made a come hither motion with his finger and I did what he wanted... Jay tried to warn me to be still ...He released one hand and grabbed the worm with the other. As quickly as he grabbed the worm, he let it go. Then he pulled my panties down... I knew he didn't want to play dolls, I knew he didn't want to talk.... All he wanted to do was put his hands in my secret spot and rub me. He wanted to try and put his snake into me and he wanted to get on top of me.... He gained entrance to my panties and began to rub the small slit between my legs...I felt the strange sensations again, moving down my thighs...I was gripping the bedspread so tightly that my knuckles were turning white...I couldn't bear it...I just couldn't stand looking at what he was doing. I saw death out of the corner of my eye. The black filmy ghost wavered there for a moment and then disappeared. I don't know why I did what I did next, but I looked up at Jay. Jay was not beside me anymore... Molested, violated and neglected, this is a story of a little girl whose life was transformed forever. What happens when your abuser is someone you trust, one of your closest friends? From a very early age, Juliana was repeatably molested and raped by one of her closest relatives. Every day was a struggle. In order to cope with the trauma, she developed imaginary friends in her mind. She became violent and would constantly get in trouble. It was only through the help of god that she began turning her life around. Buy the book and find out the true story of what happened to Juliana Hurd.

The Little Prisoner
The Little Prisoner

Author: JANE. ELLIOTT

Publisher: HarperElement

Published: 2019-08-27

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780008354596

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From the age of four, Jane Elliott was forced to carry a terrible secret... Dominated, bullied and sexually abused by her stepfather for 17 years, The Little Prisoner is a devastating true story of one girl's struggle from freedom.

A Little Life
A Little Life

Author: Hanya Yanagihara

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 833

ISBN-13: 0804172706

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

A Child Called It
A Child Called It

Author: David J. Pelzer

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

Published: 1995-09

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1558743669

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An inspirational story; one child's courage to survive.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Author: Shirley Jackson

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

Sometimes I Lie
Sometimes I Lie

Author: Alice Feeney

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2018-03-13

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1250144833

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ALICE FEENEYS NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Boldly plotted, tightly knotted—a provocative true-or-false thriller that deepens and darkens to its ink-black finale. Marvelous.” —AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Breaking Their Will
Breaking Their Will

Author: Janet Heimlich

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1616144068

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This revealing, disturbing, and thoroughly researched book exposes a dark side of faith that most Americans do not know exists or have ignored for a long time—religious child maltreatment. After speaking with dozens of victims, perpetrators, and experts, and reviewing a myriad of court cases and studies, the author explains how religious child maltreatment happens. She then takes an in-depth look at the many forms of child maltreatment found in religious contexts, including biblically-prescribed corporal punishment and beliefs about the necessity of "breaking the wills" of children; scaring kids into faith and other types of emotional maltreatment such as spurning, isolating, and withholding love; pedophilic abuse by religious authorities and the failure of religious organizations to support the victims and punish the perpetrators; and religiously-motivated medical neglect in cases of serious health problems. In a concluding chapter, Heimlich raises questions about children’s rights and proposes changes in societal attitudes and improved legislation to protect children from harm. While fully acknowledging that religion can be a source of great comfort, strength, and inspiration to many young people, Heimlich makes a compelling case that, regardless of one’s religious or secular orientation, maltreatment of children under the cloak of religion can never be justified and should not be tolerated.

Dead End Girls
Dead End Girls

Author: Wendy Heard

Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0316417882

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Determined to escape menacing families, two desperate teens fake their own deaths in this queer contemporary thriller perfect for fans of Natasha Preston and Karen McManus. In one week Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death. She’s figured out the how, the when, the where, and who will help her unsuspectingly. The why is complex: revenge, partly. Her terrible parents deserve this. But there’s also 'l’appel du vide,' the call of the void, that beckons her toward a new life where she will be tied to no one, free and adrift. Then Frankie, a step-cousin she barely knows, figures out what she’s plotting, and the plan seems like it’s ruined. Except Frankie doesn’t want to rat her out—Frankie wants in. The girls vault into the unknown, risking everything for a new and limitless life. But there are some things you can never run away from. What if the poison is not in the soil, but in the roots? This pulse-pounding thriller offers a nuanced exploration of identity, freedom, and falling in love while your world falls apart. "A clever page-turner that I couldn’t put down." —Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author​ A Rainbow Book List Selection A YALSA Amazing Audiobook for Young Adults A YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers