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A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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When Love Goes Wrong: What to Do When You Can't Do Anything Right by Ann Jones Publisher Comments Chapter OneIf This Is Love, Why Do I Feel So Bad?When love goes wrong you "feel it -- usually long before you can name or talk about exactly what the problems are. That uneasy sensation creeps up on you, like a bad case of flu. You brush it off, hoping... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Found: A Memoir by Jennifer Lauck Publisher Comments Found is Jennifer Lauck's sequel to her New York Times bestseller Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found. More than one woman's search for her biological parents, Found is a story of loss, adjustment, and survival. Lauck's investigation into her own... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Crazy Love by Leslie Steiner Publisher Comments At 22, Leslie Morgan Steiner seemed to have it all: a Harvard diploma, a glamorous job at Seventeen magazine, a downtown New York City apartment. Plus a handsome, funny, street-smart boyfriend who adored her. But behind her façade of success,... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Child Called It by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments Mass market edition of this heart-rending true story of a boy's struggle to escape his abusive family, which received a great deal of media attention on its hardback publication, and which is already an international bestseller. An affecting account of... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Mass Market
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On Playing a Poor Hand Well: Insights from the Lives of Those Who Have Overcome Childhood Risks and Adversities by Mark Katz Publisher Comments Drawing upon research examining life's trajectories, Mark Katz identifies sources of protection, strength, and understanding - the cards that enable some children to "beat the odds." He encourages therapists, educators, and other child caretakers to... (read more) List Price $33.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know by Mary Jo Buttafuoco Publisher Comments "I think, every once in a while, about the life I should be living, the one I fully expected to be enjoying right about now. In the life I was supposed to have, my husband and I would be admiring the view from our waterfront home in the town where... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse Rev Edition by Carolyn Ainscough Publisher Comments Understanding the past-and breaking free from it-is the key to surviving childhood sexual abuse. This book can help ease the journey, with discussions of the damage caused by abuse; anxiety, fears, and nightmares; depression and low self-esteem; eating... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Transforming the Pain: A Workbook on Vicarious Traumatization by Karen W Saakvitne Publisher Comments 'Transforming the Pain' defines and describes the VT process and offers reassurance that you are not alone with these painful experiences. It includes self-assessment worksheets, and guidelines and specific exercises for addressing VT and improving self... (read more) List Price $17.25 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Better Yesterday: Living Life After Abuse by Roger Dean Kiser Publisher Comments After years of allowing the lies and abuse he suffered as a child define his past and cloud his future, Roger Dean Kiser author of The Whitehouse Boys: An American Tragedy decided to find a way to make sense of a childhood replete with verbal, physical... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Recovery from Cults: Help for Victims of Psychological and Spiritual Abuse by Michael D Langone Publisher Comments Michael Langone and his colleagues provide practical guidelines for helping former cult members manage the problems they encounter when leaving cults.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Contesting Childhood: Autobiography, Trauma, and Memory (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) by Kate Douglas Publisher Comments The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Contesting Childhood draws on a varied selection of works from a diverse range of... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Recovering From Rape by Linda E. Ledray Publisher Comments Practical advice on overcoming the trauma and coping with police, hospitals, and the courts - for the survivors of sexual assault and their families, lovers, and friends.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Kristina Jones Publisher Comments Kristina, Celeste, and Juliana were all born into the Children of God cult, and from as early as three years old were mistreated and used as sexual beings. They were denied access to formal schooling, forced to wander the streets begging for money... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Teenagers Journey Overcoming a Childhood by Richard B Pelzer Publisher Comments Continuing Richard's story from "A Brother's Journey", this tells the next section of Richard's life, as he moves with his family to Salt Lake City and there continues to suffer his mother's alcoholic physical abuse and neglect. But after running away... (read more) Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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