Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother, his real hurt is just begining — he has no place to call home.

This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to A Child Called "It". In The Lost Boy, he answers questions and reveals new adventures...

Describes the author's harrowing upbringing by fanatic parents, who raised her in isolation through traumatic disciplinary exercises designed to "eliminate weakness," and recounts how she eventually escaped with the help of an outsider.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Seventeen-year-old Kristin Masterwood is thrilled when her father's construction company is hired to inspect the Foxworth property for a prospective buyer. The once grand Southern mansion still sparks legends and half-truths about the four innocent Dollanganger children, even all these decades later. Foxworth holds a special fascination for Kristin, who was too young when her mother died to learn much about her distant blood tie to the notorious family....

In the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller Etched in Sand, Regina Calcaterra pairs with her youngest sister Rosie to tell Rosie’s harrowing, yet ultimately triumphant, story of childhood abuse and survival.

They were five kids with five different fathers and an alcoholic mother who left them to fend for themselves for weeks at a time. Yet through it all they had each other. Rosie, the youngest,

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Tells the story of a child's abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother