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Adult child sexual abuse victims United States Biography Gymnastics Corrupt practices United States Prout, Chessy Rape victims Rape victims United States Biography Sexual abuse victims Sexual abuse victims United States Biography United States Women gymnasts Women gymnasts United States BiographyProut, Chessy
Summary: The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is the true story of one of those girls. In 2014, Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. She reported her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 PROStevens, Michelle
Summary: "Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims....
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEVENS, MICHELLE STEMadden, Amy.
Summary: The author describes how she survived being abused by her stepfather and learned to let go of her anger towards her mother and herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Syren Book Co. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.764 MADPlymale, Stephanie Thornton
Summary: The founder of the Heritage Home Foundation nonprofit documents her secret abuse-marked childhood in and out of foster care and what she discovered while investigating the story of her mother's own harrowing past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PLYMALE, STEPHANIE THORNTON PLYDenhollander, Rachael
Summary: "Recipient of Sports Illustrated's Inspiration of the Year Award and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2018) "Who is going to tell these little girls that what was done to them matters? That they are seen and valued, that they are not alone and they are not unprotected?" Rachael Denhollander's voice was heard around the world when she spoke out to end the most shocking scandal in US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DENHOLLANDER, RACHAEL DENHaines, Rachel
Summary: "The author details her experiences in competitive gymnastics and the painful realities of being a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of serial abuser, Larry Nassar." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAINES, RACHEL HAICutting, Linda Katherine.
Summary: Autobiography of concert pianist Linda Katherine Cutting, discussing her experiences as an incest survivor and how she found healing through her playing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CuttiHendra, Jessica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.76 HENSummary: Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) causes fear, shame, and an anxiety that promotes silence. Predators rely on that silence to remain undetected, imposing a lifetime of suffering on their victims. Invisible Scars tells the story of Johnna Janis, who reveals the life-long struggle she has faced from being abused as a child. Haunted by the emotional trauma, she comes to understand how it negatively...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2016