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No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

An Award-winning Journalist's Intimate Investigation Of The True Scope Of Domestic Violence, Revealing How The Roots Of America's Most Pressing Social Crises Are Buried In Abuse That Happens Behind Cl...osed Doors. We Call It Domestic Violence. We Call It Private Violence. Sometimes We Call It Intimate Terrorism. But Whatever We Call It, We Generally Do Not Believe It Has Anything At All To Do With Us, Despite The World Health Organization Deeming It A 'global Epidemic.' In America, Domestic Violence Accounts For 15 Percent Of All Violent Crime, And Yet It Remains Locked In Silence, Even As Its Tendrils Reach Unseen Into So Many Of Our Most Pressing National Issues, From Our Economy To Our Education System, From Mass Shootings To Mass Incarceration To #metoo. We Still Have Not Taken The True Measure Of This Problem. In [this Book], Journalist Rachel Louise Snyder Gives Context For What We Don't Know We're Seeing. She Frames This Urgent And Immersive Account Of The Scale Of Domestic Violence In Our Country Around Key Stories That Explode The Common Myths--that If Things Were Bad Enough, Victims Would Just Leave; That A Violent Person Cannot Become Nonviolent; That Shelter Is An Adequate Response; And, Most Insidiously, That Violence Inside The Home Is A Private Matter, Sealed From The Public Sphere And Disconnected From Other Forms Of Violence. Through The Stories Of Victims, Perpetrators, Law Enforcement, And Reform Movements From Across The Country, Snyder Explores The Real Roots Of Private Violence, Its Far-reaching Consequences For Society, And What It Will Take To Truly Address It. --dust Jacket. Part I: The End : -- Little Lunatics -- Barnacle Siblings -- Whatever He's Holding Inside -- Daddy Always Lives -- A Bear Is Coming At You -- This Person You Love Will Take Your Life -- And Then They'll Pray -- I Can't Live Here Anymore -- Systems, Accidents, Incidents -- And What Happens Next -- Part Ii: The Beginning : -- Penance -- Watching Violence In A Fishbowl -- The Fatal Peril Club -- Clustered At The Top -- The Haunting Presence Of The Inexplicable -- A Superhero's Kneecaps -- In The Season Of Unmitigated Discovery -- Those Who Break -- Part Iii: The Middle : -- In The Cracks -- Shelter In Place -- In The Fire -- Grace Under Pressure -- Chambering A Round -- Free Free -- Shadow Bodies. Rachel Louise Snyder. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 285-297) And Index.

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Rachel Louise Snyder

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The Courage to Heal Workbook: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse

In this groundbreaking companion to The Courage to Heal, Laura Davis offers an inspiring, in-depth workbook that speaks to all women and men healing from the effects of child sexual abuse. The combina...tion of checklists, writing and art Projects, open-ended questions and activities expertly guides the survivor through the healing process. Survival Skills—Teaches survivors to create a safe, supportive environment, ask for help, deal with crisis periods, and choose therapy. Aspects Of Healing—Focuses on the healing process: gaining a capacity for hope, breaking silence, letting go of shame, turning anger into action, planning a confrontation, preparing for family contact, and affirming personal progress. Guidelines For Healing Sexually—Redefines the concept of "safe sex" and establishes healthy ground rules for sexual contact. Takes survivor step-by-step through healing process thru use of checklists, open-ended questions, writing exercises, etc.

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Laura Davis

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Breaking the Cycle

An eagerly awaited collection of stories dealing with domestic abuse, edited by the New York Times bestselling author Zane. Breaking the Cycle is a stunning and moving anthology of stories, each of wh...ich focuses on an aspect of domestic abuse. This powerful collection is sure to serve as a wake-up call for people either dealing with a domestic abuse situation, or those watching someone else endure it. In the title story, Zane describes the turmoil that a young girl suffers at the hands of her stepfather. The girl and her mother plan their escape, but at the last minute the mother falters. In D.V. Bernard's "The Lonely Echoes of My Youth," readers are introduced to a young boy raising himself on the fringes of a drug-infested neigborhood. Nane Quartay's provocative story, "The Grindstone," describes a boy who witnesses a brutal murder which will have far-reaching effects on him and his family. Tracy Price-Thompson weaves a powerful tale in "The Stranger" when a woman constantly abused by her husband finds inner strength after a brutal attack. Collen Dixon's "The Break of Dawn" will keep readers deep in thought long after they finish reading her story about a young desperate mother terrifed that her own daughter will grow up and become victimized herself. Dywane D. Birch's "Victory Begins With Me" reflects how one woman has to struggle to get her life back to normal. Shonda Cheekes' "Silent Suffering" flips the script when a man finds himself abused by the female in his life. Newcomer J.L. Woodson's "God Does Answer Prayers" deals with a young boy fighting for his life in a hospital bed, put there by one of the people who is supposed to love him the most: a parent. These stories capture the dangerous realities of domestic abuse, while also pointing toward the steps that need to be taken to break the cycle that perpetuates it. It is sure to serve as a rallying cry for all those who desire victory over their own victimization, and a guide for understanding the complex undercurrents that make such patterns possible.

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Zane

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Invincible: The 10 Lies You Learn Growing Up with Domestic Violence, and the Truths to Set You Free

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Brian F. Martin

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In Fear of Her Life: The True Story of a Violent Marriage

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Frances Smith

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Fighting Back: A Battered Woman's Desperate Struggle to Survive

The shocking true story of a woman pushed to homicidal rage by the hands of her violent husband . . . Long before there were abuse hot lines and shelters for battered women, June Briand fired four bu...llets into her husband's head and was sentenced to fifteen years to life. This is the shocking true story of survival—and the intense bond June shared with her pathologically violent husband, a monster who physically and sexually tortured, degraded, and dominated her so relentlessly that she refused to believe he was dead even after she killed him. What kind of woman would slay her own husband? What kind of man would drive her to do it? Why didn't she just leave him? Based on extensive interviews with June Briand, FIGHTING BACK explores these difficult questions while exposing the twisted sadomasochistic dynamics of a relationship that enslaves a woman—and drives her to kill. At once terrifying and maddening, heartrending and ultimately exhilarating— including an unforgettable glimpse at life inside a maximum security prison—FIGHTING BACK is a book you will never forget.

Author:

Robert Davidson

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Cruel: One Child's Story To Survive

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Denise Richardson

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Battered (Toxic Thoughts, #1)

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Juanita Ray

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Living with the Dominator

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Pat Craven

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Running from the Devil: How I Survived a Stolen Childhood

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Author:

Sara Davies

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