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FOR VIEWERS OF THE NO.1 NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY - A TWISTING TALE OF MURDER AND SCANDAL'Murdaugh Most Horrid...' Telegraph "Readers will be swept up in this account." -Booklist"Glatt has produced the equivalent of a juicy John Grisham novel, featuring a...

'Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?' EMMA THOMPSON 'Is it worth the hype? Absolutely' LAURA PULLMAN, STYLE -------Actor, writer and hopeless romantic Rebecca Humphries had often been called crazy by...

How do you stop your past from determining your future? "It's what daddies do with their little girls," he explains, "every little girl does it. But it's a secret, and you must not talk about it."Cassie was too young to remember when her father started...

Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. 'Am I ugly, Mummy?' are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She...

Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on.Vogue, 10 of the Most Anticipated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932690941Author Amy BarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Loving Healing PressPublisher Loving Healing PressWeight(grams) 50gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

As seen on This MorningThere was a time when I loved my mother. It's shocking to imply that I stopped loving her because mothers always love their children and always do their best for them. Mothers are supposed to be good. But my mother wasn't good.Ten...

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**Devotion, the new novel from Hannah Kent, is out now!**'Exquisite' - Daily MailShortlisted for the Walter Scott PrizeOne woman's mercy is another's murder . . .Ireland, 1825. Nora, bereft after the sudden death of her husband, finds herself alone and...

Placing the experiences of men at the heart of this book, Sarah Van Gogh outlines an integrative approach to effective therapeutic treatment of male sexual abuse.In a culture where to be male is often to be expected to embody strength, power and being in...

A Sunday Times bestseller, Terrified is the first book from well-loved foster carer Angela Hart. It tells the emotionally devastating but ultimately uplifting true story of Vicky, a little girl who arrives on Angela's doorstep unwanted and unloved after...

'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey'Incredibly compelling' Denise WelchCAN WE FIX HOW WE LOOK AFTER CHILDREN IN CARE?Government cuts,...

A new challenge faces foster carer Maggie Hartley: this time it's not a child that's at risk, it's her mother. Can Maggie help Hailey to escape her abusive husband, and reunite her with her baby daughter? A heartbreaking true story perfect for fans of...

What is emotional neglect? How does it affect children and the adults they become? What can we do to help?In The Simple Guide to Emotional Neglect, Betsy de Thierry provides clarity and guidance on the complex subject of emotional neglect, including...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A heartbreaking memoir from a girl who escaped county line trafficking only to become prey to other abusers... Emily has always felt like an outsider, so when a family...

* How does complex trauma differ from trauma?* What is dissociation?* How does it affect children?* How can you help?These questions and more are answered in this guide to understanding the nature of complex trauma and...

Coercive control is a severe form of domestic violence experienced by millions of children worldwide. It involves a perpetrator using a range of tactics to intimidate, humiliate, degrade, exploit, isolate and control a partner or family member. Some...

From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.Jessie is nine years old...

Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate. Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother's substance abuse during pregnancy, new-born Megan is...

A family with a dark secret.A child who refuses to speak.Rosie must help her before it's too late. Nine-year-old Caitlin has a secret, but she cannot tell anyone about it. When her mother is sectioned under the Mental...

'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure' IRENOSEN OKOJIE Letters to Gil is...

Coercive control is the most common and devastating means used to subjugate women in personal and family life. Drawing on FBI statistics, health records, interviews with victims and perpetrators, and forensic analysis of dramatic cases from the author's...

Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by 'The Family', Natacha's childhood was stolen. Born to French hippy parents attracted to the religious movement by the...

'He pushed open the door, and I saw that he was pulling something out of a bag he was carrying. It was a gun - a sawn-off shotgun.'Featured on ITV's Lorraine with Michael Sheen and Rachel Williams. Darren was funny and attractive, and 21-year-old Rachel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408993Author Lisa Allen-AgostiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

'Fierce. Game-changing. Urgently necessary. Brilliant, brilliant and did I say brilliant?' EMMA THOMPSON 'Pacy, vivid, compelling and very, VERY funny ... it will help so many' MARIAN KEYES 'A fucking classic. Required reading for all women and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943003068Author Peter McLoughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint New English Review PressPublisher New English Review Press

Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she's asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case. ...

Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child. Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother's alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...

'Punished' is the inspiring true story of an unusual little girl, Vanessa, whose childhood was devastated by torture and abuse at the hands of her sadistic mother. Vanessa was nearly destroyed until she discovered a secret that ultimately saved her life...

Emotional, physical and sexual abuse in childhood can result in a range of problems and lead to long-term difficulties that make life a struggle.With this in mind, clinical psychologist Dr Helen Kennerley has devised this highly acclaimed self-help...

THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the crowded working-class streets of 1960s Dublin, comes the powerful and inspiring true story of three young sisters who - after years of abuse and trauma - overcame their fears and together, fought for the justice...

Something Dark tells the true story of Lemn Sissay who as a baby was given up by his Ethiopian mother in the 1960s. He was renamed Norman Greenwood and nicknamed Chalky White throughout his turbulent childhood in care, only to find out his real name at...

Sharon Shoesmith was Director of Children's Services for Haringey in 2007 at the time of the death of Peter Connelly, also known as 'Baby P'.In Learning from Baby P, she carries out a dispassionate analysis of the events which followed Peter Connelly's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998621388Author Debbie MirzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Debbie Mirza Coaching LLCPublisher Debbie Mirza Coaching LLCWeight(grams)...

Groomed and procured by a woman, raped by several men and labelled 'one of the most abused girl in Rotherham', now Elizabeth Harper is fighting for answers as to why so many people paid to protect our children simply turned a blind eye. ...

Richie Barlow recently celebrated his 40th birthday, a landmark date he never thought he would reach. Many were the times - when struggling to survive a desperate childhood and adolescence - that he clinged to a dream of simply making it to 22. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425265109Author Lundy BancroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 343g

Winner of the Betty Trask Award, Never Mind is the first in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick.At his mother's family house in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942572305Author Justin S HolcombFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint New Growth PressPublisher New Growth PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 224mm *...