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Booklist - Stories by survivors of abuse

Here is a list of books that we hope you may find useful. If you purchase any of the books (or any other products) through our website, via the link to Amazon, NAPAC will receive 10% of the cover value from them.

If you have read any books that you have found helpful, please do let us know and we will do our best to feature them here.

Please note - to purchase any of these books, either click on the blue text 'Buy this book from Amazon' or on the picture of the cover.

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Survivors Stories (Volume One): An Enlightening Journey through the differing lives of Child Abuse Survivors
Morven Fyfe

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• Paperback 276 pages (July 22, 2007)
• Publisher: 11th Commandment Publishing
• ISBN: 095561970X

This is the first in the series, 'Survivors' Stories'. Based on a wide range of child abuse experiences, these stories illustrate child abuse survivors' lives in a revealing and compelling way. These biographies are shared alongside information, questions and comments, with practical guidelines to enable discussion, and create a safer world for today's children. Check out the Survivors' Stories webite.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

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• Hardcover 197 pages (July 1, 1998)
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
• ISBN: 0791047733

Ms. Angelou paints a picture not only of her own life but of all young women who have had to struggle up from poverty by the strength of their own will. Her courage in coming forth with her story of sexual abuse has empowered and inspired generations of young women.
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An Invisible Child
Jo Evans

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• Hardcover 112 pages (August 2003)
• Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd
• ISBN: 1857767179

This book is recommended reading this to anyone abused in childhood, has been affected by it or for anyone who is seeking courage. It focuses on the way the author and other victims successfully stood up and disputed the law on plea bargaining. It is written in clear and accessible language.
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Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of Child Abuse
Linda T. Sanford

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• Paperback 224 pages (August 29, 1991)
• Publisher: Virago Press
• ISBN: 1853813745

This book challenges the idea that childhood victims are caught forever in the vicious circle of abuse. In 17 years of working with victims and survivors, the author discovered that most survivors break free from the patterns of victimization. Over 20 people were interviewed in depth for this book.
A Child's Cry

A Child's Cry
Kathleen Lamprell

A book of poetry about Kathy Lamprell's survival of child abuse.

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• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: Lulu
• ISBN: 1-4116-3354-7

50% of all profits will be donated to NAPAC to help re-instate the Info- Line.
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The Golly in the Cupboard
Phil Frampton

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• Paperback 302 pages (May 20, 2004)
• Publisher: Tamic Publications
• ISBN: 0954764900

Phil Frampton’s memoir is a dramatic and gripping detective story of a man who goes in search of the background to his parentless childhood spent in foster care, institutions and bed sits. Using letters and official records, he unfolds an odyssey of love, rejection, racism, cruelty, joy, bravery, lies and deception, and reveals his reactions to his discoveries.

 

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