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2006.
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Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Méndez-Negrete's story of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father.
Méndez-Negrete was born in Mexico, in the state of Zacatecas. She recalls a joyous childhood growing up in the midst of Tabasco,...
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c2009
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Josef Fritzl, 73 yr. old Austrian retired engineer, and his wife, Rosemarie, and their family, seemed to be living a normal life.One daughter, Elisabeth, had mysteriously disappeared but only Josef knew the truth about her disappearance. Three of Elisabeth's children showed up at their door and they raised them as their own. For 27 years, Josef had imprisoned Elisabeth in his man-made dungeon, where she gave birth to 7 of his children. In 2008,...
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c1999
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The author describes twenty-four distinct personalities and recounts memories of abuse that had been kept secret from him all his life. "West offers a poignant account of his efforts to understand the workings of his fragmented mind and to heal his damaged spirit ... "--Dust jcket.
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1995.
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In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What...
9) Filthy rich
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An account of wealth, power, and the influence they bring to bear on the American justice system follows the story of Jeffrey Epstein, a member of New York City's financial elite, whose fall from grace resulted from charges of abusing and exploiting underage girls at his home.
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[1999]
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"The TV-perfect family of Walter De Milly III was like many others in the American South of the 1950s - seemingly close-knit, solidly respectable, and active in the community."--BOOK JACKET. "To the outside world, Walter's father is a prominent businessman, a dignified Presbyterian, and a faithful husband; to Walter, he is an overwhelming, handsome monster. Whenever the two are together, young Walter becomes a sexual plaything for his father; father...
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[2018]
Description
FBI Agent Jeff Rinek, well-known for a number of high-profile investigations, including the Unabomber, the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, and the Yosemite Park murders committed by a serial killer named Cary Stayner deeply personal account of what it's like to work cases when a missing child's life hangs in the balance or when a serial child killer must be identified and stopped before he kills again.
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[2022].
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"In the Lions' Den tells the true story of a scandal at Penn State University that unfairly resulted in the firing of the nation's most successful and admired collegiate football coach and the respected president of the university. The book chronicles a criminal justice system run amok, political vindictiveness and retribution, moral panic, and the influence of a twisted media narrative. It is, in short, the anatomy of a smear, a memoir told by the...
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c2013
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"One day I will tell you the story of my life," promises Emma Brockes's mother, "and you will be amazed." Brockes grew up hearing only pieces of her mother's past--stories of a rustic childhood in South Africa, glimpses of a bohemian youth in London--and yet knew that crucial facts were still in the dark. A mystery to her friends and family, Paula was clearly a strong, self-invented woman; glamorous, no-nonsense, and frequently out of place in their...
14) My Quiet Ship
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2018.
Description
When his parents yell, Quinn escapes in his Quiet Ship but one day, the ship is broken and he must find a way to stop the fighting.