domestic violence

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All these monsters

2020
Seventeen-year-old Clara runs away from home to join a vigilante monster-fighting squad, only to discover that sometimes the most dangerous monsters are where you least expect them.

If these wings could fly

2020
In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship.

How are you feeling today, Baby Bear?

exploring big feelings after living in a stormy home
2014
A story about Baby Bear to help children learn how to express and understand their feelings when there is violence in their home.

A man named Dave

a story of triumph and forgiveness
The final entry in a trilogy of memoirs in which Dave Pelzer, brutally abused as a child, discusses the struggles he faced as an adult, and his determination to have a meaningful life.

The silent patient

2019
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a path into his own motivations; a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.
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No visible bruises

what we don't know about domestic violence can kill us
Examines the brutal realities of domestic violence that is so often hidden behind closed doors until it's too late. Highlights cases and research, offering insight into the minds of abusers and the abused.
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Sex education

a novel
As a project for an unusually open class in sex education, Livvie and her boyfriend David learn to care for a pregnant young neighbor, and as they become deeply involved with her and with each other, they learn about love and caring.

Split

A teenaged boy thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years earlier under similar circumstances.

The house on Sunset

a memoir
2016
Lindsay Fischer was once a high school English teacher with dreams stretching far outside the classroom. When her boyfriend of a year-and-a-half cheated on her, Lindsay found herself alone, looking online for a replacement. His name was Mike. That?s where the nightmare started.
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Goodbye, sweet girl

a story of domestic violence and survival
2018
"In this . . . memoir, a woman chronicles how her marriage devolved from a love story into a shocking tale of abuse--examining the tenderness and violence entwined in the relationship, why she endured years of physical and emotional pain, and how she eventually broke free"--Provided by publisher.
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