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1) Jon Teel
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What could go wrong when the lives of an abused biracial mystery child and a wealthy widow happen to intersect? Jon Teel is the story of abuse and evil, love and salvation set in a small town in South Louisiana.
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Lord, Please Don't Let Her See Me Cry is a true story of child abuse so atrocious I have suffered from it for over fifty years, having not only the endure the memory but also being forced to see the scars every time I change my clothes. I only survived because of my faith in God and God's mercy on me. As a child, I promised God that if he would see me through, I would one day pay him back by helping other children in similar situations. I hope this...
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At the age of six, living in New York, she was the third of six children, born to a woman who had allowed drugs and alcohol to rule her life. The child was placed for adoption, by the Department of Children and Families.
She was brought to Florida at the age of nine, with only a few memories of her life before foster care. Two and a half years later, the adoption failed and the little girl was deserted.
Our fourth foster child came into our lives,...
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This author tells the true story of his younger life of physical abuse and extreme mental abuse that was imposed upon him by an unstable stepdad on a daily basis.
In this book, the author shares raw events from his abuse that occurred when he was ten-years-old to about fifteen-years-old, and the only safe place he could sometimes escape to was his grandma's house and the local church, whenever he was allowed to attend.
One day, he met a total stranger...
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Author George Beasley listened to the voices of condemnation, fear, and guilt for many years. Invisible to so many, his pain and suffering was real. Writing this book, George discovered the mask he had worn for so many years was really an invisible soul that directed his every step. It's those small voices that spoke ever so softly condemning him, filling him full of guilt, and invoking fear that paralyzed him. The release of his documented life,...
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Ann B grew up in seeming luxury and privilege. To the outside world, she lived an idyllic life, but at age five, when the family moved to Beverly Hills, her world becomes anything but perfect. Her father and the family butler began to sexually abuse her.
Detachment, or mentally separating herself from the shame, emotional turmoil, and abuse, becomes Ann's means of survival. Over time, she becomes so successful at detaching; she fully suppresses the...
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Like a caterpillar in the cocoon waiting to be released out in the world as a butterfly, she waits for her transformation, she does so in a tight dark place. A victim of abuse feels the same exact way, but the victim, (mostly) lives in a home with people around or sometimes they are, left alone to suffer or survive. One person's way of handling the deep dark depression in a cloud that you can't seem to get out of, all the while trying to maintain...
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Her grandson was literally on the brink of death's door. From as early as one month old, he was gravely ill with one illness after another. By the time he was three years old, he had been hospitalized more times than she could count. He would get better and then suddenly relapse with no reasonable explanation. When her granddaughter was born, she too started having alarming health problems. She had known that her daughter-in-law seemed to exaggerate...
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From the depths of hopelessness and despair to the heights of God's glory.
How can someone regain his innocence lost? How could his childhood sexual abuse be, overcome now that he is a man? This is exactly what was promised would happen, if John would be brave enough to take the path that his Father in heaven had laid out for him.
In this first of three books, using John's personal journals, he and his granddaughter Rebekah go on a journey to prove...
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Molestation has been the forbidden subject for centuries, downplayed in homes, communities, and churches. Although it has existed and has destroyed and still destroying people's life, molestation has a stigma of "keep it a secret."
This book is calling this demon out and putting it on notice about molestation. You have been called out and will become the subject in church's sermons, communities, homes, government, and media.
Molestation demon, you...
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Without my past, I would never be who I am today. God has taken all the pain and turned it around for my good and heaven's gain. Once you walk through the door of healing, it's your responsibility to embrace your healing. We can get deliverance and still not be free. We can be delivered from abuse, but never truly free because we are still looking through eyes and mindset of the abused victim. Once healed, don't look back at what you were...
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Abused children strive valiantly to please their abusers so that they can avoid conflict and be safe. Often this pattern of behavior follows them throughout their lives, and inevitably, they are doomed to failure. It is my hope that this book will educate others on how to best help these children and also adult victims of abuse who are struggling to become whole again.
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To Whom it May Concern:
I am writing to endorse a book written by April Longabaugh named I WAS JUST A CHILD.
This book was written as a part of her therapy to address the issues of her physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, which she suffered at the hands of her parents. I encouraged her to write and use art to express her feelings and thoughts about the severe trauma that she experienced as she was growing up in her family. It is a miracle that...
14) House of Secrets
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Have you wondered if you were just born unlucky? Even at the early age of three, I knew my life was not "normal". Throughout my childhood, I looked at my friends, and their families and their lives, and mine certainly didn't match any of those! Sometimes you really do have to get to the other side to see what God has, brought you through. I once heard a wise old man refer to "unlucky families," and I thought for sure that was my niche. I felt like...
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You want to protect your children from physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse. You want the best for them, so they will grow up; reach their full potential and purpose in life. All right, then let's first examine our home environment, places of worship, and other affiliated organizations within our surrounding communities. Change must first begin in our very own backyards.
In Secrets of a Minister's Wife, author Latheira Sigler takes you on...
16) Saving Annie
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This books shares the heartbreaks and struggles of a grandma and others who were involved in the rescue of a little girl from sexual abuse and neglect. Once the government agency "Child and Family Protective Services" (C&FPS) got involved, following the liberal laws of today to keep families together no matter what, the child was put through more misery and neglect, which dragged on for more than a year and a half before finally a decision on her...
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My purpose for writing this book is to let anyone who has been, or is currently dealing with being, bullied or abuse, to never, give up on life. With drive and determination, you can overcome abuse and make something of yourself. No matter what people say, always have faith in yourself. Also, for parents who are wondering where they went wrong with their kids, all you can do is love and support them, no matter how good of a parent you are. It's never...
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This book is for anyone who, as a child, have experienced rejection that plagued their, adult life. This is the book to conquer that demon. This book is to help heal, mend families together.
More importantly, this is the book for every foster child to celebrate we made it. We have a story, and it will be, heard. This is, to tell the story that we are more, than stat or number. We can do it, we will do it. Believe it.
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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...
20) Love Illusions
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When a marriage crumbles, Jasmine, a hardworking mother of three, finds herself intrigued by a new relationship. Dirk seemed different than other men she had met. The relationship was budding quickly. Could she finally find happiness that she had so desperately longed for? He was a former marine sniper, financially stable, generous, and kind. Everyone liked him, especially Jasmine's mother.
That was the illusion!
Jasmine discovers Dirk's secrets,...
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