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Abused
Boys : The Neglected
Victims of Sexual Abuse
by
Mic Hunter
£
A supportive book,
beginning with definitions of sexual abuse, its
frequency and effects, and recovery issues. Part 2 gives
survival
stories in the words of male survivors & their
partners: "These
stories cover a broad /
range of experiences, types of abuse, stages of recovery. I encourage
you to read all of them, since each has something to teach
you....
look for the similarities to your story
rather than the differences. None of them is pleasant to read, but I
believe they will offer
you hope in your recovery."
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Because
I Love You : The
Silent Shadow of Child Sexual Abuse
by
Joyce Allan
£
After her father's suicide at
age 69, Joyce Allan decides to research
his life to try to understand the origin and extent of his paedophilia.
This is a haunting narrative not only of her and her father's lives,
but also of how family, friends, and society allowed him to claim a
long line of victims through denial and silence. The consequences of
allowing abuse to continue become clear as Joyce describes her
traumatic memory loss, alcoholism and depression, and learns that
sexual abuse has been part of her family story for five generations. A
powerful book that victims, offenders, counsellors, family members, and
friends will all find both challenging and inspiring.
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Behind
the Smiles :A
Survivor's
Insight into Dealing with the Aftermath of Childhood Sexual
Abuse
by
V.A. Nixon
£
A small, unique book,
written with great honesty by a woman part-way through her
healing from sexual abuse by her brother. Doesn't contain all
the answers, but describes many of the problems and issues faced
by survivors as they work towards
wholeness.
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Beyond Belief : Abused
by His Priest. Betrayed by His Church. The Story of the Boy Who Sued
the Pope
by Colm O'Gorman
£
As a boy in Ireland where everyone chose to deny that a priest could
sexually assault a child, Colm felt only shame, guilt and fear at the
regular rape and abuse he suffered. But he went on to make history,
successfully suing the Roman Catholic Church, asking questions of the
Pope himself and creating a watershed in history as hundreds more
victims found the courage to report their abuse.
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Beyond
Don't : Dreaming
Past the
Dark
by Elly Danica
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In her second book Elly Danica writes about the reactions she has
encountered since telling her story, and reflects on her relationship
with her mother 10 years on. And once again, by lending her unwavering
voice to speak the truth, she responds powerfully to the backlash
against survivors.
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Breaking
the
Silence
: Survivors of Child Abuse Speak Out
by
Liz Mullinar & Candida Hunt
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"..for all
people who have been abused as children, healing is possible
and
incredibly rewarding. With courage, patience, and loving help, no
matter how
bad the abuse, you
can heal.... This is an attempt by a group of us to reach out to
you, to
tell you that there are companions to walk with you on your journey".
Contains contributions
from over 100 Australian survivors of emotional, physical and sexual
abuse, with
useful appendices.
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Conspiracy
of
Faith : Fighting
for Justice After
Child Abuse
by
Graham Wilmer
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In
this powerful book, Graham Wilmer recounts the traumatic experience of
being
sexually abused as a child by a teacher at a Catholic College in
Surrey, and explores the life-long impact that child abuse has on
males. This is a
brave account by a man who suffered in forced silence for 40 years
until
finally making the difficult decision to lay bare the truth, seek
justice and
bring those who had conspired against him to account. It raises many
important issues about the way our society deals with sexual offences
against children,
and draws the disturbing conclusion that the vast majority of child
abusers
still operate with impunity, and will continue to do so unless the
criminal
justice system is radically changed in favour of the victims of abuse
rather
than the perpetrators.
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The Courage to Tell
: Christian
Survivors of Sexual Abuse Tell Their Stories of Pain and
Hope
produced
by CSSA (Christian Survivors of Sexual Abuse
£
"Survivors
own stories are followed by "Challenge to the Churches" and "Let the
Service Begin - Ideas for Liturgy and Worship". A nice
resource for Christian Survivors, produced by CSSA.
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Disruptive
: How I Triumphed Over Years of Abuse from Those Who Were Supposed to
Protect Me
by Angela
Bayley
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Angela suffered neglect and
abuse in childhood, the legacy of which resurfaced after she was raped
as an adult and resulted in her being sectioned. Although graphic at
times, this well-written story tells how she emerged a stronger person,
wanting to help others.
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A House Full of Whispers
by Sharon
Wallace
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The
graphic autobiography of a woman who suffered appalling physical,
emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, with her
mother’s collusion.
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I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings
by
Maya
Angelou
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The first volume of Maya
Angelou's
autobiography. When she was eight years old she was raped, and
didn't speak for the next three years.
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a
testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer.
Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has
known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,
achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of
autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her
grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of
the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible
trauma of rape by her mother's lover.
'I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always
talking about what it's like to be a human being. This is how we are,
what makes us laugh, and this is how we fall and how we somehow,
amazingly, stand up again' Maya Angelou
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I
Never Told Anyone : Writings by
Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
edited
by Ellen Bass & Louise
Thornton
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"It is about the silence
of nights spent holding in screams,
holding back tears, holding in one's very self. And it
is about the stillness of days when all of a young girl's
resources are used up in keeping the secret from everyone,
sometimes even herself. The women in this anthology are breaking
this silence." Can be
distressing.
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Leaping
Upon the Mountains : Men
Proclaiming Victory Over Sexual Child Abuse
by
Mike Lew
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I continue to learn from my
contact with survivors... I hope
to display proudly some of what I have gleaned from these experts
on healing. You will have the opportunity to experience the
diversity, intelligence, and creativity of male survivors. I
offer this book to you as a celebration of their
successful recovery - and
yours."
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Men
Surviving Incest : Survivor Shares the Recovery Process
by
T. Thomas
£
Makes explicit the isolation and
stigmatization of male survivors and discusses the fear and
conflict of disclosure. Covers the issues shared by men and
women: guilt, shame and low self-esteem; plus those unique to
men, in a candid, sensitive manner.
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My
Father's House : A
Memoir of Incest & of Healing
by
Sylvia Fraser
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She was a beautiful blond child,
a quintessential Canadian teenager: she loved Saturday film matinees,
giggled at pyjama parties, ran for student president, led the
cheerleading squad, went steady with the right boy and married him, her
proud father at her side. But from the age of seven Sylvia Fraser
shared her body with a 'twin' who lived a separate life from her. This
other self was created to do the things Sylvia was too frightened, too
ashamed, too repelled to do - the things her father made her do. As an
adult, she had no recollection of a sexual relationship with her
father, yet some connection always remained - pain, terror and guilt
were never far from the surface. With tremendous power, candour and
eloquence, Sylvia Fraser breaks through her amnesia to discover and
embrace the self she left behind. MY FATHER'S HOUSE is at once a
terrible account of a woman's coming of age and a lyric story of love
and forgiveness.
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Not
Child's
Play : An Anthology on Brother-Sister Incest
edited
by Risa Shaw
£
"This type of abuse is not
about a brother "experimenting" with sex and the sister he has
chosen for that "experiment". It is about power and control. The
brother's show of power is present before the first physical
touch, and it remains long after the last, often until
we confront what has happened to us verbally and
openly."
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The Obsidian
Mirror : Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse
by
Louise Wisechild
£
An
affirming and inspiring book by a woman who survived multiple
incest as a child. She tells us how listening to her inner
voices - the critical judge, the rebel, and the scared and needy
children of various ages - and to what her body was telling her,
enabled her to
start feeling again, and the big role that counselling,
bodywork and her own creativity played in her
healing.
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Please,
Daddy, No : A Boy
Betrayed
by Stuart Howarth
£
“My
book
covers many facets of my life from the feelings of hurt, abandonment,
isolation, despair, depression, of not knowing how to be and the
constant
search for answers…” When
Stuart
confronted his abuser in August 2000, the man he’d called
“daddy” ended up dead…
“This is
not an excuse but reality and
today I have to live with what I have done.”
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Repressed
Memories : A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse
by
Renee Fredrickson
£
A useful book including
methods for recovering memories, and empowering exercises.
However, it contains some harrowing personal accounts and a
doubtful chapter on family systems, and should only be used in
conjuncton with good support.
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Strong
at the Broken Places : Overcoming The Trauma of Childhood Abuse
by
Linda Sanford
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In this moving and authoritative
work Linda Sanford
passionately refutes the idea that survivors are trapped in a vicious
cycle of abuse and provides vivid proof that full recovery is
possible. As survivors discuss work, self-image, intimacy and
spirituality, we see what enables them to triumph over trauma
and become not only strong, but often strongest where they've
been most injured...Strong at the Broken
Places.
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Surviving
the Silence : Black Women's Stories of Rape
by
Charlotte Pierce-Baker
£
A compassionately
written book, which opens with the author's own story of being
raped by a stranger in her middle-class home, her court
ordeal and her family's response. Plus the stories of 10 other
"silent survivors" - of rape, incest, childhood sexual abuse
and date rape, and finally the voices of the men who loved
and supported them.
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Survivor
: The Long Journey Back from Abuse
by
Peter Andrews
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Peter was abused in a school
run by a Christian organisation. He describes being "groomed"
and then abused; telling and then being betrayed. For years he
existed, before his life hit a crisis and the wounds reopened.
And he tells us of the pain, the struggle, the legal action,
and finally, the healing, that followed.
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Survivors’
Stories :
An Enlightening Journey Through the Differing Lives of Child Abuse
Survivors
by
Morven Fyfe
£
This collection of six stories of childhood abuse is arranged to
promote discussion, education and personal insights. The text includes
the original questionnaire on which the stories are based, plus a range
of optional questions for readers to ask themselves.
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