Trauma Women

Fans of Nora Roberts and Sandra Brown will enjoy the heart wrenching story of a woman embracing a past trauma in the face of danger in award-winning author Quinn Avery’s newest standalone, In Her Father's Shadow. Sienna Rivers’s aspirations for a normal childhood came crashing down the night they discovered her father was a serial killer. Once her mother’s illusion of a perfect family is destroyed, Sienna is sent to live with the only other “family” she knows. After a lifetime of living with her mother’s perfection and rules, Sienna (now going by “Rowan”) struggles to find a...

Fragments of A Half-Life is a rare collection of intimate writings from award-winning poet and philosopher Emily Maroutian. This fragmented anthology diverges from her familiar uplifting tone, allowing the reader to journey into the mind of the poet as she comes to terms with past trauma, uncomfortable truths, and the pain of life after recovery. Written over the span of ten years, this collection features passages and poetry from old journals that were later discarded. The reflective accounts serve as candid observations and confessions about the difficulty of healing, including variants ...

This book is for anyone who has endured trauma, specifically childhood, sexual and physical abuse. Trauma comes in all sorts and impacts our way of thinking and how we live our lives. It is defined differently from each person’s unique perspective. What may be traumatic to one, may not be to another. It usually isn’t displayed in one form, but can display itself in many forms at once. For instance, one who may endure domestic violence, may also experience verbal and psychological abuse.

Nearly twenty years after the death of her infant daughter, Rosy is still reeling from all that she's lost. Desperate to repair the connections to the family she does have—her husband, Desmond, and her eighteen-year-old son, Eddie—she's determined to lay her grief to rest by the twentieth anniversary of her daughter’s death.

A retired Navy specialist, a pressing deadline, and four runaway girls. This is the start of a wild ride that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Like ghosts, four frightened girls shaken to the core by a haunting trauma, appear in the same mountains where Clarissa, a retired Navy specialist, has fled hoping to escape the pressing demands of a publishing deadline. Now, thrust into danger, the ride into the mountains, a place of both beauty and danger, threatens to be Clarissa’s last. Will Clarissa be able to save the four girls who have appeared in the mountains, or will she ...

South Korea, 1970. San is a lonely child, ostracised from her community. She soon finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on a troubling path. We next meet San, aged twenty-two, when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre. Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San is introduced to a curious cast of characters.

"I know where Allison is." Former child star Jason Turner is excited about the direction his life is taking. He is about to open the business of his dreams, and his sister is now a published author. All thoughts of his dark past are at bay. Until he meets Stacy, the new doll in his daughter's life. She looks and sounds just like Allison, his other sister who turned up missing that day in the woods while they were camping so long ago. When Stacy says she has a secret to share with Jason he realizes there is something sinister behind the doll's existence. Let the nightmares begin.

So says Mona Dean—playwright, actress and daughter to a man famous for one great novel, and in fruitless pursuit of the next, whose needs and insecurities exert an inescapable pull and exact an immeasurable toll on the women of his family: Mona, her sister, her half-sister, their mothers. His infidelity destroyed Mona's childhood, setting her in opposition to a cold, cruel stepmother who, though equally damaged, disdains her for being broken. Then, just as Mona is settling into her life as an adult and fledgling artist, he begins a new affair and takes her into his confidence.

Courage Under Siege: From Trauma to Transformation is a collection of powerful, real-life stories about facing tough times and finding strength in the process. This book is filled with tales from women who have faced big challenges, whether it’s dealing with painful losses, family struggles, feeling ignored, or going through emotional or physical hurt. These women have faced moments when life seemed too hard, yet each one found a way to keep going and grow through it.

In this 4th Anniversary Edition of I’m Divorced Now, Umm Zakiyyah offers what she calls “a positive reframe of life and soul” as she looks at the dissolution of her marriage four years ago through the lens of embracing soul-nourishing solitude instead of heartbreak and healing. With an added Prologue and Epilogue to capture this new positive outlook on her life today, we are blessed to see the beginning of her healing journey as laying the path to a life of gratitude and joy. On August 30, 2020, internationally acclaimed author and speaker, Umm Zakiyyah, parted from her second soul ...

She wants a baby--not a man. But when the perfect sperm donor turns out to be the mysterious guy from the lab results, things get complicated. Secrets, scars, and a few oops later, could love be the real twist? Grab Miss Oops! now for a steamy strangers-to-lovers ride. ❤️💕 If you like novels with cute meets, you'll love Miss Oops!

Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mother in a brutal act of domestic violence perpetrated by her father. Five months pregnant at the time, her own perception of how she wanted to mother (and how she had been mothered) was shaped by this devastating murder. After her mother's death, Amani began reassessing everything she knew of her parents' relationship. They had been unhappy for so long - should she have known that it would end like this?

Das grandiose Finale der Trilogie um Katja Sand: Bei einem Hafturlaub bringt der zu lebenslänglich verurteilte Martin Wolf eine Pistole an sich, erschießt zwei JVA-Beamte und ergreift die Flucht. Katja Sand ist wie gelähmt, ihre Vergangenheit holt sie ein. Vor siebzehn Jahren war sie es, die Wolf ins Gefängnis brachte. Zusammen mit einem Komplizen hatte er einen Geldtransporter überfallen, den Fahrer erschossen, über zwei Millionen Euro erbeutet und eine Geisel genommen, für die Katja sich austauschen ließ. In einer Scheune im Wald hielt Wolf sie gefangen, die versprochene Hilfe kam nicht.

"Though death takes away their presence, the love we hold for them transcends, connecting us across the boundaries of life and memory." In the much-anticipated sequel to Depression, Christian Martin takes readers on a gripping journey of redemption and resilience in Recovery. Ruby and Shawn have now left their dark shadow lifestyle of New York City behind them and sought out a fresh start in Los Angeles: “The City of Angels." While Shawn is eager to conquer Hollywoodland, Ruby is haunted by the death of her brother Wade, a tragedy that suffocates her every move. As Ruby battles with the ...

This is a deeply personal story of a sister who lost her brother to a fentanyl overdose. Tiff Carson found her brother Cory’s struggle with addiction frustrating and impossible to understand until he chose to use his voice.

En "Amor propio para mujeres negras", Nya Love te lleva a un viaje transformador, ofreciendo herramientas y estrategias prácticas para ayudarte a superar traumas pasados, mejorar las relaciones y cultivar una autoestima inquebrantable. Desde las heridas de la infancia hasta el trauma racial, Love profundiza en el impacto que estas experiencias tienen en tu viaje de amor propio. Basándose en su propia historia personal, comparte anécdotas con las que se puede relacionar y que resonarán contigo, proporcionando una base sólida para conectar y comprometerse con las enseñanzas del libro.

Whether you are a trauma survivor of any kind or a loved one of a survivor, this audiobook is for you. In Silent No More, Gilani carries her listeners through an honest exploration of suffering and survival as it affects us all. By drawing upon her personal experiences, she shines a light on the tumultuous landscape of trauma as a whole. The societal forces shaping human behavior across time and cultures. The powerful ways in which we all influence one another, through our worst mistakes and our warmest compassion.

The new teacher is a rock star... After years of traveling, Jim Oliver moves back to the small farming community where he grew up and lands his dream job: high school math teacher. The retired rock star is ready to hang up his microphone and live the simple life. The way he feels about the hot new vice-principal is anything but simple though. Paige Howard is new in town and excited to start her first vice-principal job. Sparks fly from the minute she meets Jim, but she only wants to be friends. She's worked hard to overcome her traumatic past, and she will not risk that by dating a coworker...

A little girl is kept from the world, and her mother attempts to recreate her life on her daughters. As a child, she experiences some of the worst aspects of parenthood but finds the help she needs because innately she knew life had more to offer.

One Reason to Live embodies a visceral experience of living with psychiatric injury combined with the power of radical acceptance, sweetened by the healing quality of animal companionship and the joy of embracing self-love.