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Sparkle's Story

Thrown Away Children Book 8

by Louise Allen ...

Narrated by Melanie Crawley ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Thrown Away Children
Unabridged

9 hours 7 min

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her siblings, Sparkle is hostile and angry.A short while after settling in, Sparkle begins to identify as pansexual. A revolution is underway in the Allen household, with Sparkle’s transition motivating all of the young people to explore what becoming an adult means for them.But it’s Sparkle’s escalating ... Read more

$20.77 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Louise gets a frantic call to take in a damaged and destructive young girl. Separated from her siblings, Sparkle is hostile and angry.A short while after settling in, Sparkle begins to identify as pansexual. A revolution is underway in the Allen household, with Sparkle’s transition motivating all of the young people to explore what becoming an adult means for them.But it’s Sparkle’s escalating
... Read more
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Willow's Story

by Louise Allen ...

Narrated by Melanie Crawley ...

Series series Thrown Away Children
Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

A young girl’s life is shadowed by secrets and lies...When Willow arrives in the Allen household, curious things begin to happen.Who is the strange child dressed in outlandish clothes who refuses a mobile phone? What are the mysterious allegations that have been made about her?Determined to find out Louise gets more than she bargained for, as she unravels the truth about Willow’s family background ... Read more

$20.77 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A young girl’s life is shadowed by secrets and lies...When Willow arrives in the Allen household, curious things begin to happen.Who is the strange child dressed in outlandish clothes who refuses a mobile phone? What are the mysterious allegations that have been made about her?Determined to find out Louise gets more than she bargained for, as she unravels the truth about Willow’s family background
... Read more
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Complex PTSD

From Surviving to Thriving

by Pete Walker ...

Narrated by Paul Brion ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body.This ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

The causes of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder range from severe neglect to monstrous abuse. Many survivors grew up in houses that were not homes—in families that were as loveless as orphanages and sometimes as dangerous.If you felt unwanted, unliked, rejected, hated, and/or despised for a lengthy portion of your childhood, trauma may be deeply engrained in your mind, soul, and body.This
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing

by Maia Szalavitz, Bruce D Perry ...

Narrated by Chris Kipiniak ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recoveryHow does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover?Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder ... Read more

$37.79 CAD

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recoveryHow does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover?Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder
... Read more
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All We Knew But Couldn't Say

by Joanne Vannicola ...

Narrated by Joanne Vannicola ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction and the July/August selection for the Amnesty International Book Club.Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries.After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to ... Read more

$14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction and the July/August selection for the Amnesty International Book Club.Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries.After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to
... Read more
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In the Dream House

A Memoir

by Carmen Maria Machado ...

Narrated by Carmen Maria Machado ...

Unabridged

5 hours 29 min

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.And it's ... Read more

$24.63 CAD

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.And it's
... Read more
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Unspeakable

Surviving My Childhood and Finding My Voice

by Jessica Willis Fisher ...

Narrated by Jessica Fisher ...

Unabridged

9 hours 55 min

Read by the author.Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing ... Read more

$33.29 CAD

Read by the author.Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing
... Read more
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Where Has Mummy Gone?

A young girl and a mother who no longer knows her

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 41 min

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care.When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, as many ... Read more

$27.89 CAD

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care.When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is sure she’s heard it all before. But it isn’t long before she feels there is more going on than she or the social services are aware of. Although Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, as many
... Read more
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Where There Is Evil

An Extraordinary Quest to Find the Truth about the Disappearance of an Eleven-Year-Old Girl

by Sandra Brown ...

Narrated by Sandra Brown ...

Unabridged

14 hours 39 min

**Read by the author, Sandra Brown.‘Completely gripping . . . Sandra Brown found evil in the person of her own father; and she confronted it as few could have done . . . Everyone will want to read this amazing story’ – Andrew O’Hagan, author of Caledonian Road**Sandra Brown was eight when her friend and neighbour, twelve-year-old Moira Anderson, disappeared from the small town of Coatbridge near ... Read more

$24.93 CAD

**Read by the author, Sandra Brown.‘Completely gripping . . . Sandra Brown found evil in the person of her own father; and she confronted it as few could have done . . . Everyone will want to read this amazing story’ – Andrew O’Hagan, author of Caledonian Road**Sandra Brown was eight when her friend and neighbour, twelve-year-old Moira Anderson, disappeared from the small town of Coatbridge near
... Read more
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KERI 7

The Original Child Abuse True Story

by Kat Ward ...

Narrated by Bridget Thomas ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Child Abuse True Stories
Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

VOLUME 7 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!After nearly a million words, three thousand pages, and countless nights of blood, sweat and tears, this truly is the book that needs no introduction!Kat Ward, the perennial survivor, has taken readers on a rollercoaster journey throughout her first six books, in which she lays bare the horrific events of her early life.Now, in this penultimate ... Read more

$13.88 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

VOLUME 7 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!After nearly a million words, three thousand pages, and countless nights of blood, sweat and tears, this truly is the book that needs no introduction!Kat Ward, the perennial survivor, has taken readers on a rollercoaster journey throughout her first six books, in which she lays bare the horrific events of her early life.Now, in this penultimate
... Read more
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A Life Lost

Jackson Is Haunted by a Secret from His Past

by Cathy Glass ...

Narrated by Denica Fairman ...

Unabridged

8 hours 11 min

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care.Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won’t engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone.Then, in a dramatic turn of events, ... Read more

$27.89 CAD

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care.Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won’t engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone.Then, in a dramatic turn of events,
... Read more
Audiobook

KERI 5

The Original Child Abuse True Story

by Kat Ward ...

Narrated by Bridget Thomas ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Child Abuse True Stories
Unabridged

19 hours 24 min

VOLUME 5 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!Following her disastrous first year in the adult world, it's hard to imagine how seventeen-year-old Keri's life could possibly get any worse. However, as anyone who's ever been down can attest to, getting back up can often be difficult without a helping hand...But what if all the hands around you only want to push you down further?DISCLAIMER: This ... Read more

$18.93 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

VOLUME 5 OF KAT WARD'S SENSATIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY!Following her disastrous first year in the adult world, it's hard to imagine how seventeen-year-old Keri's life could possibly get any worse. However, as anyone who's ever been down can attest to, getting back up can often be difficult without a helping hand...But what if all the hands around you only want to push you down further?DISCLAIMER: This
... Read more
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Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Recover from Emotional Abuse, Recognize Narcissists & Manipulators and Break Free Once and for All

by Don Barlow ...

Narrated by Leo Jones ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

Break free from the lies and manipulationA co-worker sarcastically mentions that you’re not contributing enough to the big project. When you get offended, they say they were just joking and that you’re too sensitive.Your mother constantly criticizes your weight. When you bring up her comments around other people, she denies ever saying them and says you are making up stories.Have you repeatedly ... Read more

$20.20 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Break free from the lies and manipulationA co-worker sarcastically mentions that you’re not contributing enough to the big project. When you get offended, they say they were just joking and that you’re too sensitive.Your mother constantly criticizes your weight. When you bring up her comments around other people, she denies ever saying them and says you are making up stories.Have you repeatedly
... Read more
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Elskede barn

by Marianne Fredriksson ...

Narrated by Anne Kjær ...

Unabridged

6 hours 27 min

Marianne Fredrikssons forfatterskab er usædvanligt. Hun læses nu på 40 sprog, senest har Indonesien og Bangladesh føjet sig til landene, hun udkommer i - og Cuba er på vej. I Sverige er Marianne Fredriksson en selvskreven succes.I sin nye roman arbejder Marianne Fredriksson videre på det tema, som hun allerede har udviklet i de klassiske romaner Huset ved kysten og Anna, Hanna og Johanna: Hvordan ... Read more

$8.06 CAD

Marianne Fredrikssons forfatterskab er usædvanligt. Hun læses nu på 40 sprog, senest har Indonesien og Bangladesh føjet sig til landene, hun udkommer i - og Cuba er på vej. I Sverige er Marianne Fredriksson en selvskreven succes.I sin nye roman arbejder Marianne Fredriksson videre på det tema, som hun allerede har udviklet i de klassiske romaner Huset ved kysten og Anna, Hanna og Johanna: Hvordan
... Read more
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Finding Emotional Wellness After a Narcissistic Relationship Never Again. Explore The Reasons You Attract Narcissistic Personalities and Learn to Protect Yourself from Emotional Manipulation

by Helen Stone ...

Narrated by Donna Johnson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 13 min

Do you feel like you are in a relationship with someone who wants to be the center of attention all the time? Or that makes you constantly feel inferior? Do you ever wonder if you will be able to love again a person after you’ve experienced for too long the pain caused by a narcissist? Are you in this kind of relationship and looking for a way to get out of it? Then you need to keep reading…Here’s ... Read more

$14.03 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you feel like you are in a relationship with someone who wants to be the center of attention all the time? Or that makes you constantly feel inferior? Do you ever wonder if you will be able to love again a person after you’ve experienced for too long the pain caused by a narcissist? Are you in this kind of relationship and looking for a way to get out of it? Then you need to keep reading…Here’s
... Read more
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Narcissistic Abuse: Learn How to Recognize, Recover, Survive, and Become Free from Toxic Relationships, Emotional Abuse, Narcissistic Ex, and Narcissistic Mother

by Lilian Wagstaff ...

Narrated by Susan Piper ...

Unabridged

2 hours 5 min

Are you in a relationship with someone whose narcissistic tendencies make you question your sanity and just about everything you believe in?Are you looking to entangle yourself from their web of manipulation, gaslighting, emotional blackmail and other forms of emotional abuse to have your life, self-esteem and self-confidence back?You Are About To Learn How To Free Yourself From A Narcissist Or ... Read more

$8.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you in a relationship with someone whose narcissistic tendencies make you question your sanity and just about everything you believe in?Are you looking to entangle yourself from their web of manipulation, gaslighting, emotional blackmail and other forms of emotional abuse to have your life, self-esteem and self-confidence back?You Are About To Learn How To Free Yourself From A Narcissist Or
... Read more
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Forever Smiles; Heavenly Playground for Murdered Children

by Yuwrian rise ...

Narrated by Felicia Bell ...

Unabridged

21 min

"When a child is abused, neglected, kidnap or murdered, it destroys the soul of a nation. As a parent, it is the most heartbreaking and devastating thing that could happen to you, and we all lift their hearts up. This book chronicle the lives of lost children as they speak to us from the grave. I understand nothing can take the place of a lost child, however, just to hear or visualize them playing ... Read more

$5.12 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"When a child is abused, neglected, kidnap or murdered, it destroys the soul of a nation. As a parent, it is the most heartbreaking and devastating thing that could happen to you, and we all lift their hearts up. This book chronicle the lives of lost children as they speak to us from the grave. I understand nothing can take the place of a lost child, however, just to hear or visualize them playing
... Read more
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Childhood Denied

by Jim Colajuta ...

Narrated by Jim Chapel ...

Unabridged

3 hours 20 min

Throughout history, violence against children has taken every possible form (physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, neglect, and child labor), at times adopting quite strange shapes. He went on to say that in ancient times, even the right to life had to be conferred by a rite; before that, a kid with no rights might be disposed of as casually as an aborted fetus.Throughout much of history, ... Read more

$13.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout history, violence against children has taken every possible form (physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, neglect, and child labor), at times adopting quite strange shapes. He went on to say that in ancient times, even the right to life had to be conferred by a rite; before that, a kid with no rights might be disposed of as casually as an aborted fetus.Throughout much of history,
... Read more
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Boot Language

A Memoir

by Vanya Erickson ...

Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella ...

Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

In order to survive her childhood, Vanya Erickson was forced to become fluent in two languages: her Christian Scientist mother’s honeyed versions of the truth; and her rancher father’s hard-as-the-scrape-of-his-bootheels words, which stung like the back of his hand. Long version: From the outside, Vanya’s childhood of riding horses with her father in the solitude of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and ... Read more

$17.06 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In order to survive her childhood, Vanya Erickson was forced to become fluent in two languages: her Christian Scientist mother’s honeyed versions of the truth; and her rancher father’s hard-as-the-scrape-of-his-bootheels words, which stung like the back of his hand. Long version: From the outside, Vanya’s childhood of riding horses with her father in the solitude of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and
... Read more
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Take Me Home

by Alex Hart ...

Narrated by Jennifer Woodward ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

When struggling photojournalist Harper tries to return a dress she bought that morning for a job that's fallen through something catches her eye: the same little girl who was waiting there that morning is still there.The sales assistant doesn't know whose she is. The security guard at the mall hasn't had anyone come looking for her. Same goes for the local police, and the media.In fact, no one ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

When struggling photojournalist Harper tries to return a dress she bought that morning for a job that's fallen through something catches her eye: the same little girl who was waiting there that morning is still there.The sales assistant doesn't know whose she is. The security guard at the mall hasn't had anyone come looking for her. Same goes for the local police, and the media.In fact, no one
... Read more
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DS2

Dark Seducción 2.0

by John Danen ...

Narrated by John Danen ...

Unabridged

5 hours 21 min

DS2 es el libro dark seducción muy ampliado y mejorado. En el se explica mejor que es la dark seducción, los tipos de dark seducción que hay, se comentan interacciones donde se aplica la dark seducción y en definitiva amplia y clarifica todo lo anterior. Tiene 33 capítulos más que suponen una hora y media de material adicional. La dark seducción 2.0 es una mejor dark seducción. ... Read more

$18.62 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

DS2 es el libro dark seducción muy ampliado y mejorado. En el se explica mejor que es la dark seducción, los tipos de dark seducción que hay, se comentan interacciones donde se aplica la dark seducción y en definitiva amplia y clarifica todo lo anterior. Tiene 33 capítulos más que suponen una hora y media de material adicional. La dark seducción 2.0 es una mejor dark seducción.
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Part-Time Working Mummy

From The Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Power in You

by Rachaele Hambleton ...

Narrated by Rachaele Hambleton ...

Unabridged

4 hours 26 min

Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the Part-Time Working Mummy page for its heartfelt posts, honest accounts of complicated family life and its appeal to 'bring parents together to support each other through all the sh*t that life throws at us!'. This book channels the amazing spirit of the page, with Rachaele sharing behind-the-scenes experiences that have shaped her own views on parenting ... Read more

$31.49 CAD

Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the Part-Time Working Mummy page for its heartfelt posts, honest accounts of complicated family life and its appeal to 'bring parents together to support each other through all the sh*t that life throws at us!'. This book channels the amazing spirit of the page, with Rachaele sharing behind-the-scenes experiences that have shaped her own views on parenting
... Read more
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Good vibes, good life

La vie, c'est juste une question de vibrations !

by Vex King ...

Narrated by Bertrand Maudet ...

Unabridged

4 hours 42 min

Découvrez comment un état d'esprit positif peut transformer votre vie et vous guider vers un épanouissement durable.Avec plus de 300 000 exemplaires vendus, ce best-seller incontournable du Sunday Times vous invite à explorer le véritable pouvoir d'une attitude positive. Comment apprendre à s'aimer soi-même ? Comment transformer les émotions négatives en force constructive ? Est-il possible de ... Read more

$26.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Découvrez comment un état d'esprit positif peut transformer votre vie et vous guider vers un épanouissement durable.Avec plus de 300 000 exemplaires vendus, ce best-seller incontournable du Sunday Times vous invite à explorer le véritable pouvoir d'une attitude positive. Comment apprendre à s'aimer soi-même ? Comment transformer les émotions négatives en force constructive ? Est-il possible de
... Read more
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Preventing and Ending Domestic Abuse

A Practical Guide to Prevention and Recovery

by N/A ...

Narrated by Alan Venus ...

Unabridged

12 hours 52 min

This self‑help book is a practical, lifesaving guide that empowers readers to recognise early warning signs, prevent abuse before it begins, and end abuse where it already exists. Chapters on Preventing Domestic Abuse explore Dating, Courtship, and Engagement, offering clear guidance on identifying risk and building safe, healthy foundations. Chapters on Ending Domestic Abuse address Marriage, ... Read more

$27.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This self‑help book is a practical, lifesaving guide that empowers readers to recognise early warning signs, prevent abuse before it begins, and end abuse where it already exists. Chapters on Preventing Domestic Abuse explore Dating, Courtship, and Engagement, offering clear guidance on identifying risk and building safe, healthy foundations. Chapters on Ending Domestic Abuse address Marriage,
... Read more

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