Wozniak, Danielle F.
Summary: Backed by 30 years of real-world practice, this comprehensive guide will help victims of domestic violence find the path to survival and healing. With the guidance of this book, victims can finally conquer their past and step into a brighter future. Simple, straight-forward, and practical, Surviving Domestic Violence will help women thrive again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2013
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Summary: "A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world. Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, award-winning writer Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Profiles the oft-married English monarch and the women that came to define him through marriage, detailing their little-known histories and personalities. "Brilliantly written and meticulously researched...Alison Weir is adept at bringing to life these historical figures." Henry VIII is perhaps England's most infamous monarch, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. He was married to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942.052 WEIDrayton, Tiffanie
Summary: "After following her mother to the US at a young age to pursue economic opportunities, one woman must come to terms with the ways in which systematic racism and resultant trauma keep the American Dream inaccessible to Black people. In the early '90s, young Tiffanie Drayton and her siblings left Trinidad and Tobago to join their mother in New Jersey, where she'd been making her way as a domestic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DRAYTON, TIFFANIE DRAGlenn, Ruth M.
Summary: "The raw, uplifting, and unforgettable memoir from the CEO and president of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence chronicling her personal battle against abuse, violence, and even a murder attempt. Ruth M. Glenn wasn't surprised the first time her husband beat her. She was hurt and disappointed but after a childhood in a broken and violent home, she was not surprised. After all, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B GLENN GLEMatis, Aspen
Summary: When Aspen Matis's husband, Justin, left to attend a funeral, he never came back. Shock, grief, fear, and anger battled for control, but nothing prepared her for the disarming truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATIS, ASPEN MATPeace, Martha.
Summary: The Excellent Wife is an absolute must for women today. This book is a welcomed first because it is a Scripturally based, systematic and practical work for today's women. Within its pages is a detailed portrait of a godly wife. Not only is the standard high and holy, but Martha demonstrates that by God's grace, it is attainable. Knowing Martha and Sanford personally only enhances the reading of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus Pub. 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 PEASyrtash, Andrea.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 SYRThompson, Becky (Rebecca F.)
Summary: Presents a twenty-one day Christian journal for mothers with thoughts that focus their attention on their marriage and the way to integrate their romantic feelings for their husband with the love and feelings of responsibilities they have for their children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 THOBancroft, Lundy.
Summary: Discusses the effects of spousal abuse on children, explains how the abusive partner distorts familial relationships, and offers advice for helping youngsters overcome the trauma of the abuse that they witnessed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 362.82 BANCorrea, Armando Lucas
Summary: "Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. For the last twenty years, she hasn't been able to see movement. As she walks around her upper Manhattan neighborhood with her white stick tapping in front, most people assume she's blind. But the truth is Leah sees a good deal, and with her acute senses of smell and hearing, very little escapes her notice. She...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CORArterburn, Stephen
Contents: Brenda's story -- Valerie's story -- Crushed and angry -- What loss? -- All about those differences -- The eyes have it -- Sex--his language of intimacy -- How does he feel when you say no? -- Chilling sex -- Mary's story -- The church has let us down --Male wounds -- Self-inflicted wounds -- What now? -- Under-the-radar mission -- Helpmate -- Dressings and iron -- Your lagging heart -- A Merle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 ARTCoutts, Marion
Summary: The author recounts the painful time in her life when her husband was dying of a brain tumor while her young son was just developing language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COUTTS, MARION COUJeffs, Rachel
Summary: The daughter of the self-proclaimed prophet of the FLDS Church describes the abusive patriarchal culture in which she was raised by sister wives and dominating men and discusses how her father remains a powerful influence on his followers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFS, RACHEL JEFPopoff, Alexandra.
Summary: Discusses the lives of six wives who were married to famous Russian authors, describing their dedication to their husbands' careers and the hardships they endured under the repressive policies of Russian regimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.709 POPStewart, Mariah
Summary: "In the wake of her daughter's unexplained suicide and her husband Jim's sudden abandonment, Liddy Bryant is determined to move on and make some positive changes in her life. In her hometown of Wyndham Beach, the neglected and shuttered bookstore is also in need of renewal, and Liddy recognizes an opportunity to get herself and the bookshop back on track. With a little help from her friends,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction StewartUrrutia, Matilde
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford General Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NERUDA, PABLO URRWalker, Alice
Summary: Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC WALWall, Elissa.
Summary: Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect; forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ANDERSON, JOAN ANDCarroll, Emily
Summary: "After many lonely years, Abby's just gotten married. She met her new husband--a recently widowed dentist--when he arrived in town with his young daughter, seeking a new start. Although it's strange living in the shadow of her predecessor, Abby does her best to be a good wife and mother. But the more she learns about her new husband's first wife, the more things don't add up. And Abby starts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DALEmery, Sharon
Summary: "Sharon Emery struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn't change - no matter how hard she tried. And she did try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, Jessica, and the too-early deaths of her own younger siblings. Meanwhile, her "broken" voice meant her long career in communications was regularly a battle. Emery wrote this memoir to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2022
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI 921 EmeryJulavits, Heidi
Summary: "Like many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer) she'd since become. Instead, 'The actual diaries revealed me to possess the mind of a paranoid tax auditor.' The entries are daily chronicles of anxieties about grades, looks, boys, and popularity. After reading the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015