Adult Trauma

Perfect for fans of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Karen M. McManus, this propulsive thriller follows a fractured group of friends as they fight to survive a killer escape room in rural Tennessee. Twelve months ago, an escape room fire took everything from Steffi Zamekova. In just one hour...

Donna Bevan-Lee had a tough childhood. When her father was feeling playful, he roped her by the foot like a rodeo calf, yanking her to the ground every time the rope connected. In darker moods, he did far worse, his brutality excused by a complicit church. The abuse she suffered had profound and lasting consequences.

Approximately 76 million adults in the U.S. share a family history of addiction. In this urgently needed resource, Dr. Tian Dayton draws on decades of expertise to help adult children of addicts (ACAs) recover from family trauma, reconnect with themselves, and heal relational wounds.

The messianic beliefs of radical LDS fundamentalists Dan Lafferty and his brother Ron drove them to commit an unspeakable crime.This is a riveting, raw, and unfiltered look at the Lafferty family saga from a daughter who lived it, and of her journey to self-love and forgiveness. Rebecca Lafferty...

For professionals, including psychologists, counselors, and educators, Rising Beyond Bullying Trauma is a valuable resource for addressing the emotional impact of bullying. This book is an invaluable tool to recommend to clients or use as a starting point for discussions about resilience and growth. By blending relatable storytelling, actionable exercises, and universal principles like self-love and empowerment, it offers a fresh approach to tackling this widespread issue.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

What if the past didn’t have to define your future? If you grew up in a family shaped by alcoholism, dysfunction, or emotional silence, you already know how deep those wounds can go. Adult Children Decoded offers heartfelt personal stories, expert insights, & practical tools, this book guides you through childhood trauma, strained family dynamics, and the journey toward healthier relationships. Inside, you’ll learn to: Set boundaries without guilt. Communicate with clarity & empathy. Break cycles of shame, silence, & fear. Reclaim your sense of self & inner peace.

From an award-winning children's novelist, an adult debut about a grieving author who heads to rural England for a writer's retreat, only to stumble upon an incredible historical find. As the past and present collide, she'll discover the key to healing her trauma. Anna, a novelist based in...

Set in the same magical, madcap world as E. B. Asher’s USA Today bestseller This Will Be Fun, this heartwarming, hilarious fantasy follows an unlikely band of heroes who must get to the bottom of an assassination plot gone wrong without breaking the one rule of questing: do not fall in love...

An exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a family Simukai Chigudu grew up in the shadow of Africa’s struggles for liberation. As he navigates the tangled threads of personal and political...

Voltar para Agioi não fazia parte dos meus planos. A cidade ainda podia parecer a mesma, só que eu não era. Com meu mundo se tornando cada vez mais cinzento, tudo o que eu queria era terminar o colégio sem que ninguém me notasse. Mas aí vieram eles: Vitor, o jogador-estrela do time, com seu sorriso arrasador. E Cristiano, o tipo que parecia carregar nos olhos muito mais do que o peso dos gramados verdes e das arquibancadas barulhentas.

Audiobook narrated by Emana Rachelle, introduction narrated by the author. From spiritual guide and teacher Aycee Brown, a warm and inviting handbook to discovering wholeness by embodying your truth and embracing your power. When Aycee Brown was a child, her connection to spirit made her feel...

"Once begun, listeners will find narrator Maggie Thompson unstoppable."—School Library Journal (Starred Review) Noni Reid has grown up in the shadow of her mother, Dr. Radiance Castine, renowned scholar of Black literature, who is alarmingly perfect at just about everything. When Dr. Castine...

Große Gefühle vor der Küste Schottlands: Wild wogen die Wellen um die kleine Hebrideninsel Orasay, wo Leonie bei ihrer Mutter Zuflucht sucht. In Leonie dagegen ist alles verstummt, denn sie trägt ein Geheimnis mit sich herum, das sie fast erdrückt. Erst die Begegnung mit einem jungen Mann, der mit einem wilden Delfin schwimmt, weckt ihre Neugierde. Schritt für Schritt locken Tam, der Delfin und die Magie der Insel Leonie zurück ins Leben, und sie öffnet sich dem faszinierenden Insulaner, hinter dessen sturmgrauen Augen ein stiller Schmerz lauert.

Knisternde Romantik unter nördlichen Sternen. Eigentlich wollte Alma nicht mehr als Hebamme arbeiten. Doch nach ihrem Umzug von Frankfurt in die schwedische Kleinstadt Nora wagt sie einen Neustart in der Praxis ihrer Tante. Ihre Arbeit bereitet ihr endlich wieder Freude, umso mehr, als sie bei einem Hausbesuch den Bruder der werdenden Mutter kennenlernt. Liam Hansen geht ihr so schnell nicht mehr aus dem Kopf. Er scheint ihre Nähe ebenso zu suchen, und die großartige Natur rund um Nora verstärkt die Anziehung. Doch Liam darf auf keinen Fall erfahren, was in Almas Vergangenheit geschehen ist.

Desde que su madre se casó de nuevo ha obligado a Alexa a vivir un infierno. Al menos así es como lo ve ella: su madre es controladora, está llena de amargura y odia a su propia hija. Su única esperanza es acabar la carrera de Derecho para independizarse y ser libre por fin, pero cada día se siente atrapada y llena de angustia. Es entonces, en el momento más oportuno, que Cameron se convierte en su chófer.

In Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba … and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food. To help ease her mami’s nervios, Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.

Herzen haben keine Knochen, sie können nicht brechen - oder etwa doch? Von der Trailersiedlung in die Welt der Rich Kids: Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter bleibt der 18-jährigen Beyah nichts anderes übrig, als zu ihrem Vater zu ziehen. Dem Vater, den sie kaum kennt und der mit seiner neuen wohlhabenden Familie auf einer Halbinsel vor der texanischen Küste lebt. Wider Erwarten birgt die Welt der Schönen und Reichen mehr Überraschungen, als Beyah je gedacht hätte. Speziell Sonnyboy Samson scheint Abgründe in sich zu tragen, die ihr gar nicht so unbekannt sind.

Teen assassin Isabel Ryans now works for Comma, and she’s good at it: the Moth is the guild’s most notorious killer, infamous throughout the city of Espera. But Isabel still craves normality, and she won’t find it inside the guild. She moves in with a civilian flatmate, Laura, and begins living a double life, one where she gets to pretend she’s free. But when Isabel’s day job tangles her up with an anti-guild abolitionist movement, it becomes harder to keep her two lives separate.

"Funny, bursting with heart, goofy, wise, and did I mention– wildly wonderfully funny." —Jon Scieszka, First National Ambassador of Young People's Literature and Founder of Guys Read A hilarious and heartfelt young YA comedy about the misadventures of an aspiring young rapper as he navigates...