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A Stolen Life A Memoir — Jaycee Dugard

A Stolen Life A Memoir

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Assume Nothing A Story of Intimate Violence — Tanya Selvaratnam

Assume Nothing A Story of Intimate Violence

Tanya Selvaratnam

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Dear Sister A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds — Michelle Horton

Dear Sister A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

Michelle Horton

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Run, Mummy, Run — Cathy Glass

Run, Mummy, Run

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

In His Sights A True Story of Love and Obsession — Kate Brennan

In His Sights A True Story of Love and Obsession

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Dave Pelzer’s Life Lessons — Dave Pelzer

Dave Pelzer’s Life Lessons

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Surviving Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships — Beverly Gooden

Surviving Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Son of a Gun A Memoir — Justin St. Germain

Son of a Gun A Memoir

Justin St. Germain

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Lost in Care – The True Story of a Forgotten Child — Jimmy Holland

Lost in Care – The True Story of a Forgotten Child

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Catch the Sparrow A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder — Rachel Rear

Catch the Sparrow A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Beautiful — Katie Piper

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Don’t Ask Me about My Dad — Tom Mitchelson

Don’t Ask Me about My Dad

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Abducted — Charlene Lunnon

Charlene Lunnon

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

All the Silent Spaces A Memoir — Christine Ristaino

All the Silent Spaces A Memoir

Christine Ristaino

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Personal Memoirs

Real Rape, Real Pain Help for Women Sexually Assaulted by Male Partners — Patricia Easteal

Real Rape, Real Pain Help for Women Sexually Assaulted by Male Partners

Patricia Easteal

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Self-Help

Silent Victim Running Free — Lisa Brassard Mayer

Silent Victim Running Free

Lisa Brassard Mayer

Themes: Violence in Society • Abuse • Women

Educated — Tara Westover

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

In the Shadow of the Mountain — Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

In the Shadow of the Mountain

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Father, Forgive My Father — Sandra G. Lee

Father, Forgive My Father

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Traci Lords: Underneath It All — Traci Lords

Traci Lords: Underneath It All

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Naked Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina — Julie Freed

Naked Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Consent A Memoir of Stolen Adolescence — Vanessa Springora

Consent A Memoir of Stolen Adolescence

Vanessa Springora

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Diamond in the Dark Leaving the Shadow of Abuse — Phyllis Hain

Diamond in the Dark Leaving the Shadow of Abuse

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

Look what You Made Me Do A Memoir — Helen Walmsley-Johnson

Look what You Made Me Do A Memoir

Helen Walmsley-Johnson

Themes: Abuse • Personal Memoirs • Women

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