"All parents should have this book on hand, and use it to open important dialogues with their kids. Arm them with knowledge." --Ellen Hopkins, best-selling author of the Crank trilogy. Just Say Know! With drug education for children more important than ever, this nonfiction book draws on the experiences of the New York Times best-selling father/son team, and inspiration behind the film Beautiful Boy, David and Nic Sheff to provide all the information...

Free yourself from toxic relationships with "the new gold standard in abuse recovery" from the founder of the Women's Therapy Clinic (Jackson MacKenzie, author of Whole Again).

Foreword by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office

ARE YOU A VICTIM OF SUBTLE ABUSE?

Are you always the one apologizing?
Constantly...

Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.

A deeply researched account from an award-winning journalist that uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest-and most intimate-ways imaginable. We fear dark alleys when in truth, home is the most dangerous place for a woman. Of the 87,000 women killed globally in 2017, more than a third (30,000) were killed by an intimate partner, and another 20,000 were killed by a family member. In the US, that rate is 2.5 women killed by their...

Suffering in Silence is a compelling story of one courageous woman's journey of overcoming trauma, personal loss, and 13-years of domestic violence. When Andrea Maynard-Brade is forced to leave her family home having discovered she was pregnant in her teens, she is cast into a world of motherhood, domesticity and a relationship riddled with inequality, deceit, and abuse. This mesmerizing tale of family dynamics played out in tension-filled environments...

Violence in families and intimate relationships affects a significant proportion of the population-from very young children to the elderly-with far-reaching and often devastating consequences. Cruel but Not Unusual draws on the expertise of scholars and practitioners to present readers with the latest research and thinking about the history, conditions, and impact of violence in these contexts. For this new edition, chapters have been updated to reflect...

Your painful past does not have to dictate your current reality or determine your future. You are way more than what they said about you. Yes! You are an amazingly beautiful human, just like me. I am here to share my story to show you that your past does not define your future! You are in charge and can create an amazing life once you start believing in yourself.

When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

Cathy Glass recounts her time as a foster caregiver to eight-year-old Aimee, who was finally brought into the foster system after years of physical and mental abuse.