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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born." Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader...

A groundbreaking work of investigative reporting on sibling abuse, a pervasive yet overlooked engine of lifelong trauma, that revolutionizes how we understand the origins of harm and the path to healing Sibling abuse is the most common form of family violence, yet few recognize it, few...

A remarkable memoir about siblings and the power of stories both to liberate and to tyrannize—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Educated. I’ve been called a liar so many times it feels like my name. Tara Westover grew up at the base of a mountain in Idaho. Then she left the...

In der Zeit nach der Familiengründung kommt die Zweisamkeit als Paar häufig zu kurz. Quälender Zeit- und Schlafmangel, unerfüllbare Erwartungen an sich selbst oder auch schwierige Familienkonstellationen führen zu vermehrten Konflikten. Hierdurch fühlen sich Elternteile häufig einsam, verlassen und unverstanden, wodurch Paare in handfeste Krisen geraten können. Deshalb haben die Psychologinnen Micaela und Ulrike Peter diesen paartherapeutischen Ratgeber geschrieben.

A book that challenges our notions of family honour and morality Sometime, somewhere, the conspiracy of silence around Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Indian homes had to be shattered. This path-breaking book'the first of its kind in the country and subcontinent'attempts to give that...

Dieses Hörbuch bietet konkrete Hilfe für erschöpfte Eltern. Die erfahrene Psychologin Dr. Mirriam Prieß erzählt hier für alle, die sich zuhause im familiären Kontext überfordert fühlen. Das Hörbuch ist aus der Arbeit mit Eltern entstanden, die sich unbemerkt erschöpft und im Alltag verloren haben und die nicht mehr wissen, wer sie selbst eigentlich sind.

A groundbreaking work by an internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapist that looks at women who commit extreme acts of violence and cruelty and at the underlying oppression and abuse often at the heart of these crimes Women can be murderers and child abusers. They can commit acts of...

An acclaimed writer goes searching for the truth about her wildly unconventional Southern family—and finds that our obsession with ancestors opens up new ways of seeing ourselves. “A roadmap for all of us who long to understand, at the deepest level, where we come from.”—Dani Shapiro...

From the acclaimed musician comes a tender, surprising, and often uproarious memoir about his dirt-poor southeast Texas boyhood. The only child of a hard-drinking father and a Holy Roller mother, Rodney Crowell was no stranger to bombast from an early age, whether knock-down-drag-outs at a local...

As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans. Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and thoughtful story of how, after the death of her young...

As a twelve-year-old girl, Maria Housden’s vision of a happy future included everything that society expects girls to yearn for: a home, a husband, and, of course, children. Life had other plans. Unraveled is Housden’s riveting and thoughtful story of how, after the death of her young...

A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future. As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in...

Two sisters reckon with their toxic parents through the decline and death of their outlandishly tyrannical mother and with the care of their psychologically terrorized father, all relayed with dark humor and brutal honesty in this award-winning “brilliantly-written memoir... [that] reads like...

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one woman's attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. Stray is a moving, sometimes devastating, brilliantly written and ultimately inspiring exploration of the...

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER A murder tale "from inside the house where murder is born." Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader...