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One Child
Torey L. Hayden
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9.8 |
A dedicated teacher shares her success story with Sheila, an autistic child abandoned by her mother and abused by an alcoholic father, who was declared a hopeless case in spite of her genius intellect. Reissue. NYT. more]
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Outgrowing the Pain : A Book for and About Adults Abused As Children
Eliana Gil
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Current:
9.7 |
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The Long Road Home
Danielle Steel
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Current:
9.6 |
At age 6, our heroine, lovely Gabriella Harrison, a rich kid on Manhattan's Upper East Side, "looked startled much of the time, like an angel who had fallen to earth, and had not known what to expect here." What Gabriella gets is a mother l
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Good Night, Mr. Tom
Michelle Magorian
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Current:
9.5 |
"A small, timid refugee from wartime London--and from a sadistic mother--and a lonely villager who has reluctantly accepted the child form a bond of love and trust that is deeply touching. . . . a vivid cast for an English story with univer
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Free the Children : A Young Man's Personal Crusade Against Child Labor
Craig Kielburger, Kevin Major
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Current:
9.5 |
Twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger, upset by a newspaper article about the forced slavery and subsequent murder of a child in Pakistan, began in 1995 to research worldwide injustice against children. Armed with the disturbing facts, he convin
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Adult Children of Abusive Parents : A Healing Program for Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually, or Emotionally Abused
Steven Farmer
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9.4 |
The violent forms of child abuse that make headlines are not the only ones that leave lifelong scars. A child who grows up in an unstable environment where empathy, clear boundaries and trust are lacking, can end up living a ravaged adultho
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Outgrowing the Pain Together : A Book for Spouses and Partners of Adults Abuse As Children
Eliana, Phd Gil
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Current:
9.4 |
A guide to overcoming childhood abuse for couples guides the partners into understanding what adult survivors go through, offering a series of self-help exercises. Read moremore]
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Getting Through the Day : Stratagies for Adults Hurt As Children
Nancy J. Napier
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Current:
9.4 |
Getting Through the Day enables adults who were traumatized as children to learn new strategies to meet the demands of daily living. Counselor Nancy Napier presents dozens of exercises helpful to anyone who finds that unresolved childhood f
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Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Joanie Schwartz (Illustrator)
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9.4 |
When her English teacher, Mrs. Dunphrey, announces that she will require everyone to keep a journal, Tish Bonner sighs and fidgets. She's one of those girls with big hair who sits in the back of the classroom, giggling and passing notes to
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Whatever Mother Says...an Incredible True Story of Death and Destruction Inside One Ordinary Family (True Crime Library)
Wensley Clarkson
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Current:
9.4 |
A daughter's disturbing story reveals her single mother's brutal plots with her two brothers to repress, physically abuse, and imprison the girls in the family, which eventually cost two of the three sisters their lives. more]
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Breaking Down the Wall of Silence : The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth
Alice Miller, Simon Worrall (Translator)
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Current:
9.3 |
The culture that ignores roots of hatred and tyranny embedded in its own childrearing traditions, warns Miller, renders itself ripe for payback. Her analyses of the likes of Hitler and Nicolae Ceausescu lend epic significance to her point.
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I Never Told Anyone : Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
Ellen Bass, Louise Thornton
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Current:
9.3 |
In this groundbreaking book, women of all ages and circumstances describe their struggles to come to terms with their fear, anger, and pain, and the silence that allowed their abuse as children and teenagers. Written with courage and honest
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Forged by Fire
Sharon Mills Draper
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Current:
9.3 |
Sharon Draper has indeed forged a fiery name for herself in the field of young adult literature--that of a courageous writer, willing to tackle tough, real-life problems while developing honorable, streetwise role models for troubled teens.
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Divorce Busting : A Revolutionary and Rapid Program for Staying Together
Michele Weiner-Davis
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Current:
9.2 |
"You will find a step-by-step, nuts and bolts approach to getting unstuck and making your marriage loving again". It shows reader in pain that working it out is better than getting out. more]
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Mom's House, Dad's House : A Complete Guide for Parents Who Are Separated, Divorced, or Remarried
Isolina, Ph.D. Ricci
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Current:
9.2 |
According to the Stepfamily Association of America, 60 percent of all families are breaking up, and custody and visitation issues loom large in the lives of many parents. Isolina Ricci's Mom's House, Dad's House guides separated, div
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Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way
M. Gary Neuman, Patricia Romanowski
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Current:
9.1 |
Kids tend to blame themselves when parents divorce. The Sandcastles workshop--now mandatory in over a dozen counties throughout the United States--is a half-day group session for children of divorce between the ages of 6 and 17. This intens
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It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear : A Read-Together Book for Parents & Young Children During Divorce
Vicki Lansky, Jane Prince (Illustrator)
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Current:
9.1 |
How do you talk to your children about your divorce? How can you best handle their responses? Here's a children's book and parenting tool rolled into one. It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear is a picture book designed to be read by parent
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Case Against Divorce
Diane Medved
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Current:
9.0 |
Divorce may not be the answer to marital problems. Clinical psychologist Diane Medved offers step-by-step methods for recognizing marital troubles and how to work them out together, the truths behind the myths of divorce, and the most commo
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Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents : Helping Your Children Cope With Divorce and Its Aftermath
Vicki Lansky
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Current:
9.0 |
Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents is a pragmatic yet warm and understanding guide for parents and children on just about every aspect of divorce. From tips on talking to the kids about it, to information on negotiating the real
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Uncoupling : Turning Points in Intimate Relationships
Diane Vaughan
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Current:
8.8 |
Now in trade paperback, the ground-breaking and carefully documented book that shows how couples come apart. Read more
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When a Mate Wants Out : Secrets for Saving a Marriage
Jim Conway, Sally Conway
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Current:
8.8 |
Based on twelve years' experience of counseling hundreds of individuals whose spouse wants out, this book guides the mate who wants to save the marriage toward the best way to bring about restoration. more]
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Divorce and Money : How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce (4th)
Violet Woodhouse
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Current:
8.6 |
Anger and hurt tend to figure strongly in divorce, hand-in-hand with resentment, sadness, and fear about your future. And more often than not, these emotional woes all coalesce under the banner of money. Nolo Press is known for its thorough
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Joint Custody With a Jerk : Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex
Julia A. Ross
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Current:
8.5 |
This hands-on, practical guide offers many proven comunication techniques that will not only help readers deal with a difficult ex-husband ot ex0wife by describing examples of common problems, but also teach them how to examine their roles
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Divorce Casualties : Protecting Your Children from Parental Alienation
Douglas Darnall
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Current:
8.5 |
Helps parents recognize the often subtle causes of alienation and teaches them how to prevent or minimize its damaging effects. Read more
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Growing Up With Divorce : Helping Your Child Avoid Immediate and Later Emotional Problems
Neil Kalter
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Current:
8.4 |
A practical guide to understanding and coping with the short and long-term effects of divorce on children. "A wise discussin of the reaction of children of different ages to divorce, and the advice on how to help them cope. The book is clea
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The Divorce Culture : Rethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
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Current:
8.3 |
From divorce as a last resort to divorce as a means of self-expression and personal growth, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead chronicles a sea change in the American way of breaking up and calls us to count the cost in moral and social consequences.
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The Smart Divorce: A Practical Guide to the 200 Things You Must Know
Susan T. Goldstein, Valerie H. Colb
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Current:
8.3 |
Anyone thinking about divorce needs a reliable source of information that can keep it from becoming an expensive, heart-rending mess. In a convenient format, The Smart Divorce helps readers confront the most common questions and conc
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Bastard Out of Carolina
Dorothy Allison
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Current:
8.2 |
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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Chris Crutcher
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Current:
8.0 |
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It's My Body
Lory Freeman, Carol Deach (Illustrator)
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8.0 |
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Erotic Innocence : The Culture of Child Molesting
James R. Kincaid
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8.0 |
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Chinese Handcuffs
Chris Crutcher
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Current:
7.9 |
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The Healing Power of Play : Working With Abused Children
Eliana Gil
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Current:
7.8 |
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The Franklin Cover-Up : Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska
John W. Decamp
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Current:
7.8 |
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Lottery Rose
Irene Hunt
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Current:
7.8 |
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Crossing the Line : Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport
Laura Robinson
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Current:
7.6 |
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Rebuilding : When Your Relationship Ends
Bruce Fisher
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Current:
7.6 |
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Crazy Time : Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life
Abigail Trafford
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Current:
7.5 |
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Ask the Children : What America's Children Really Think About Working Parents
Ellen Galinsky
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Current:
7.5 |
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Co-Parenting After Divorce : How to Raise Happy, Healthy Children in Two-Home Families
Diana Shulman
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7.5 |
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My Parents Still Love Me Even Though They're Getting Divorced : An Interactive Tale for Children
Lois V. Nightingale, Blanca Apodaca (Illustrator)
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7.5 |
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Second Chances : Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce
Judith S. Wallerstein, Sandra Blakeslee
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7.5 |
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The Good Divorce : Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart
Constance Ahrons
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7.4 |
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Children of Divorce : A Developmental Approach to Residence and Visitation
Mitchell A.,Ph.D. Baris, Carla B., Ph.D. Garrity
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Current:
7.3 |
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Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon
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Current:
7.3 |
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Divorced Dads : Shattering the Myths
Sanford L. Braver, Diane O'Connell
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7.3 |
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The (Almost) Painless Divorce : What Your Lawyer Won't Tell You
Jenny Garden
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7.2 |
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Investigative Interviews of Children : A Guide for Helping Professionals
Debra A. Poole, Michael E. Lamb
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Current:
7.1 |
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. Text addresses common misunderstandings about adultchild interviews and provides guidelines based on recent research. Topics include: protocols, decision-making skills, interview rules, and ancillary
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Expert Witnesses in Child Sexual Abuse Cases : What Can and Should Be Said in Court
Stephen J. Ceci, Helene Hembrooke
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6.9 |
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. Text addresses common misunderstandings about adultchild interviews and provides guidelines based on recent research. Topics include: protocols, decision-making skills, interview rules, and ancillary
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Something Happened and I'm Scared to Tell : A Book for Young Victims of Abuse
Patricia Kehoe, Carol Deach (Illustrator)
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6.9 |
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