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Do you wonder if you are being abused or if someone you know is being abused?
Do you want to heal from abuse and learn how to live an abuse-free peaceful life?
Overcoming Abuse: Embracing Peace Volume II is an encyclopedic handbook that answers questions on the problem-abuse trauma. No truth is left untold. Detailed Clinical Faith-based treatment strategies are provided. The path is enlightened as the victim takes possession of her life! Triumphant...
22) The Divorce
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Abuse comes in many shades and colors not always recognized by the victim. This is the story of one woman's struggle to realize the nature of abuse in her marriage, and learn to escape, despite the monumental consequences. With one daughter, and being the sole income earner in her family, it illustrates the nature of abusive relationships, and the advantage that was taken of her. It also investigates how children in divorce can be used as "weapons"...
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Abused for fifteen years by my first husband, Jesse, my life was pure hell and cursed! I had six children, which made it harder to escape. I lost my firstborn son when he was four. After his death, Jesse couldn't hit me hard enough to hurt me more than the pain of losing my child. I got used to his punches and him stomping me. Unless you have been in an abusive relationship, it's hard to understand the power and control an abuser has. What he uses...
24) Autumn Sky
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Not all abuse is physical. Not all abuse leaves bruises. But for all victims of abuse, it's never easy to break free.
The day Julia's best friend Becky gives her a magazine article to read, her whole world falls apart. After years of suffering emotional and psychological abuse, is Julia ready to face the truth about her perfect marriage to Simon, or will she continue to hide her head in the sand?
This second edition of Autumn Sky includes Helen...
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"Off and on I'd try to break free of the relationship, but I always went back..." So begins one woman's story of domestic violence, but the words she penned could have come from anyone. That is because at its core, each instance of domestic violence tells the same story, enacted again and again across different lives and through generations. Breaking Free is a collection of ten women's stories of emotional and physical hurt, heartbreak, and triumph....
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The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers practical guidance on definitions, indicators and...
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Are you married to a man who appears to be a man of God? Does everyone think you're the luckiest woman in the world? Do single women tell you on the regular that they're praying for a husband like yours? Do you try to tell people what is really happening, but it seems no one believes you? Does he appear to have everyone fooled? If this sounds familiar and you find yourself near tears, nauseated and ready to burst, every time you hear this misguided...
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Eve was only three years old when she first witnessed domestic abuse. Eve was only eight years old when she was first sexually abused. This is her story, but her story is not alone. Unfortunately studies show that one in four little girls and one in six little boys have been, or will, be sexually abused.
Abuse is a cycle. It starts with one generation and is passed down to the next.
My Sister, My Protector is based on the true story of one family....
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Twisted Love: One Woman's Journey Through Domestic Violence is a fiction story based on real-life events through the life of a young woman physically and mentally abused due to domestic violence. It encompasses childhood trauma, immaturity, sexuality, control, dysfunction, obsession, and bone-chilling violence. Through resilience, faith, determination, and a will to live, Valerie rose above the obstacles and was victorious, and so can you.
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Rosie is a woman happy in her own skin: good job, great friends, enjoyable lifestyle filled with sports, dance, music. She's even managed to buy her own home before turning thirty, an uncommon feat for single women in the 1970's. In short, Rosie's a pretty good package. She meets Carl, whose charms, wit and dynamism appear the perfect wrapping, the crowning touch to the life that she's built so far. Within months of their wedding, Rosie realizes she's...
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This is my diary from 2014-2015. It details the beginning of an abusive cycle that would last for six years before I broke that cycle. This book may be, used as a guide, but it is my healing journey. It was therapeutic to write. It's important to feel your feelings, and to be honest with yourself. This book is all about my feelings. I was able to reflect on some things that have happened and the signs I missed. It's important to know the signs of...
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Clarkson Graham met and fell in love with Olga, the woman of his dreams. Their courtship, engagement, and eventual marriage followed. As their relationship progressed, Olga's behavior became progressively more volatile and abusive. All along, Clarkson lived in the hope that he could "fix" her problems and live up to her perplexing expectations, until one appalling event drove him to his breaking point. Following therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder,...
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-Avoid stress, pain, and regrets from bad dating decisions
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-Set meaningful relationship goals for dating
-Develop new dating habits that will ensure your success
Have you been suffering from relational pain, regrets, confusion, disappointment, or maybe even abuse? I know what it feels like, trust me, and I want to save you some...
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Fifty Shades of Grace provides a scriptural look at what the Bible says about relationships. Too often in the education of relationships, abusive and unhealthy relationships if discussed are not done so with enough depth. This book will compare what society tells us, in the form of entertainment and media, with what God tells us in the Bible about what healthy and loving relationships are. It will explore what abuse is and why many of us are in abusive...
37) 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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After Shanae finally got over all the lies that Stephen (also known as Keyshawn Johnson) told, she just knew things had taken a turn for the better when she met P. Shane had another baby with P, did a complete 360, and moved on with her life. Or did she?
Shanae would soon learn P wasn't so sweet. Truth is, Shanae wasn't done with the streets. She still had more hustling to do and refused to wait around on handouts from P. This time, Shanae had taken...
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"Beyond the Broken Window" weaves themes of mystery and psychological suspense, love and sensuality, grief and growth into this murderous tale that will leave you thoughtful and shaken. How can a woman escape an abusive marriage? Some must die, some have to kill. Even then, are they truly free? Julie Fairburn was 18 in 1977 when she met Rick Madsen, and her heart did flips. This is special, she thought, this is going to be a helluva ride! She didn't...
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"Como la mayoría de las mujeres, yo ignoraba que era víctima de violencia de género. Mi marido había logrado disminuirme durante años de maltrato psicológico y físico e incluso mediante el uso de drogas. Sin embargo, a pesar de estar casi destruida, logré reconstruir mi dignidad y demostrar mi inocencia. Amaba a mi esposo. Nunca imaginé que pudiera dañarme o que terminaría tratando de destruirme. Tampoco pensé, cuando comenzó a lastimarme,...
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