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Growing up in a quiet, middle-class suburb outside of Amsterdam, childhood best friends Anna and Olivia had their whole lives ahead of them. But every parent's worst nightmare came true when the teenagers fell in with the wrong crowd. Eleven years their senior, Ryan was charming and good-looking...

Abby's Story is the second book in the series Thrown Away Children by author and foster mum Louise Allen. She doesn't want this baby. She can't look after this baby. She will never be able to love this baby. Little Abby's life begins badly, then just gets worse. Now foster mum Louise and her...

After her mother, Brenda, passed away and her father sold the family home, broadcaster and writer Emma Kennedy found herself floundering, unable to make peace with the complex, charismatic woman who had been her mum. And then they found the letters. This heartbreakingly funny book about the impact of discovering lost letters is a celebration of correspondence; those lost acts of penned love, the vivid snapshots in time scattered back through a life.

Healing after narcissistic abuse is possible, and this book will show you how. Debbie Mirza shares her own personal story of healing after experiencing several narcissists throughout her life, as well as simple yet powerful techniques that she has learned through her own experience, as well as years of interacting with thousands of survivors in her support group and coaching practice.

Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and scared when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a world of abuse, violence and neglect. Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted, and the outside world terrifies them. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heartbreaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story.

The story fast forwards to 1996 when a suspicious death in the family leaves the fate of two young boys in the hands of Tom’s dysfunctional family. Tom, the quintessential lifetime bachelor, and geeky Don Draper is thrust headfirst back into the mayhem of his family’s hippie lifestyle.

What if healing requires more than being told to move on? It’s a Two-Way Street challenges one of the most persistent platitudes surrounding childhood trauma: that once we become adults, the past is simply ours to overcome. D. Michael Di Vico examines the other side of that equation—the enduring responsibility of parents, the profound importance of acknowledgment, and the damage that can remain when those who caused harm refuse to recognize it.

Everything that thousands of men who started in dead bedrooms and lackluster relationships have learned and refined over the years, distilled into a single series of pro-man concepts. Dread is more than taking back your masculinity, but thriving in a society increasingly hostile towards men. Nothing gets soccer moms, feminists, and traditionally conservative wives angrier than watching men thrive in a way that may not necessarily benefit them (though it does if she's a value add to a relationship).

I start all of my true crime books with a quick word of warning. Most news articles and television true crime shows skim over the vile details of truly horrible crimes. In my books, I don’t gloss over the facts, regardless of how disgusting they may be. I try to give my listeners a clear and accurate description on just how demented the killers really were. I do my best not to leave anything out. The stories included in these books are not for the squeamish.

This is the second volume of true, heinous child-abuse stories.

Help your teens grow into the very best versions of themselves! From rule-breaking and risk-taking to defensive communication and disrespect, parenting a teenager can feel like modern warfare—but it doesn’t have to be that way. In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally...

How do you teach a mother to love her child, when she's still a child herself? The first in a brand-new series by the foster 'super-gran', Wicked Girl is the shocking true story of the very first case Jeanie Doyle dealt with: a baby girl who was found abandoned on the steps of a church just...

Parenting a teen with ADHD and anxiety can feel overwhelming. The mood swings, the anger outbursts, the shutdowns, the constant tension at home. You're not failing! You're facing a neurological and emotional challenge that requires the right tools.

Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister in recent years, and both are the subjects of this remarkable and heartbreaking memoir, along with sibling relationships in literature and those of literary figures. Blake’s sister Gillian struggled with alcoholism for a large part of her life, and her shocking early death is the starting point for Two Sisters. 

Introducing a 10-hour blueprint to recovering from narcissistic abuse from your mother and avoiding toxic relationships and people as an empath moving forward. It's time for you to realize you are a beautiful person and a beautiful soul. It's time for you to break generational trauma and blossom into the incredible woman you are meant to be. You deserve to be happy. You deserve happy relationships, and to be confident, you can be an amazing partner, spouse, mother, sister, and friend.

Read by actor Alex Jennings, Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick. The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril, and Patrick...

The stories you are about to listen to are brutally gruesome. They represent humanity at its worst. TV crime shows and stories in the news tend to gloss over the truly horrible parts, but the True Crime Case Histories series leaves out none of the details.

Free yourself from the shackles of codependency once and for all—set healthier boundaries, leave behind toxicity, and reclaim your confidence! In this life-changing 2-in-1 bundle, author Dylan Walker is here to share research-backed tips and tricks to guide you on the path of letting go, healing, loving yourself, and happiness.

Are you always waiting for the next bad thing to happen? Always on edge, watching for someone’s tone to shift, bracing for an impact that feels moments away even when nothing is actually wrong? Maybe you’re hypervigilant, scanning every interaction for danger: “Did I do something wrong? Why do they sound blunt? Are they angry?” Maybe you avoid conflict at all costs, terrified of what might erupt if you speak up. Or maybe you reshape yourself to keep the peace — agreeable, compliant, over-giving hoping that if you stay “good,” you won’t be hurt.

Each connection leaves you longing for deeper bonds, yet uncertainty and fear hold you back. Anxious, Avoidant, & Disorganized Attachment Style Recovery is your guide to breaking free. This interactive workbook delves into the roots of attachment patterns and equips you with tools to build trust, emotional safety, and authentic connections.