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: 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 BANHyde, Catherine Ryan
Summary: No longer tolerating her husband's borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents' California beach house to plan her next move. She befriends Sarah, a fourteen-year-old on the run from her father and reeling from her mother's sudden and suspicious death. While Sarah's grandmother scrambles to get custody, Sarah implores Faith to take her to Falkner's Midnight Sun, the prized black mare that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HYDWeir, Alison.
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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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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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 PEAArterburn, 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 ARTPopoff, 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 POPDalpiaz, Christina.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 DALNiCarthy, Ginny
Contents: Safety plan for you and your family -- Introduction -- Emotional safety plan -- Why does abuse go on? -- Is it ever right to break up the family? -- What do you owe yourself? -- "But I still love him" -- To leave or to stay : how to decide -- Getting help from professionals -- You can be your own counselor -- A courageous act a day -- Steps to finding friends -- Reaching out -- The first week...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Wom NiCarthyShukert, Elfrieda Berthiaume.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 SHUFraser, Antonia
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chivers 1992
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Summary: Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of civil war between renegade King and rebellious Parliament. The struggle reaches to every corner of the kingdom, even the remote Tidelands - the marshy landscape of the south coast. Alinor a descendant of wise women, crushed by poverty and superstition, waits in the graveyard under the full moon for a ghost who will declare her free from her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 1982
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Summary: Bringing together personal stories of everyday couples and expert social analysis, psychologist Carin Rubenstein provides readers with an intelligent and groundbreaking look into a disturbing marital trend: In two out of three marriages, women are running the show while men take it easy. As a result, more and more women are rejecting marriage as a viable social institution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2009
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Summary: Documents the stories of eight wives of Roman rulers, assessing their historical contributions and cultural influence and drawing parallels between modern first ladies and the lives of such ancient-world figures as Livia, Helena, and Julia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.06 FREWagman-Geller, Marlene.
Summary: Throughout history, men have gotten most of the good ink. Often overlooked are the extraordinary wives, mistresses, and companions who were every bit as instrumental in shaping their destinies. Discover Emma Wedgewood (Mrs. Charles Darwin), Alma Reveille (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock), and 26 more women who stood behind their alpha males, for better or worse, and helped steer the course of history. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WAGBerkin, Carol.
Summary: In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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Summary: Abandoned by her husband and her two sons who went out to search for him, Gretta Pope must follow her family across the rugged badlands of 1880s Montana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carol Cummunications 1989
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Summary: It seems like a hopeless open-and-shut case, but Briley Lester is becoming more and more convinced that her client truly is innocent of killing her abusive husband, the scion of one of the city's wealthiest, most powerful, most dangerous families. A tragic secret, almost too shocking to be believed, could be the key to proving it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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Summary: Presents a different look at Leo Tolstoy's wife's from her unpublished memoir and reveals how the classic author's followers actively suppressed the truth about Sophia's dedication to her husband and his work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010