⚠️ Assault Recovery

Stories that honor the difficult, nonlinear journey of healing after physical or sexual violence. These narratives center resilience without minimizing the lasting impact of trauma.

It's My Life Now

by Meg Kennedy Dugan • 2000

75% of domestic assaults happen after leaving. A roadmap for safety, healing, and starting over.

3.97

273

🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚫 Intimate Partner Violence 💚 Trauma Healing

It's My Life Now 90%

75% of domestic assaults happen after leaving. A roadmap for safety, healing, and starting over.

by Meg Kennedy Dugan 2000

3.97

273 ratings

🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚫 Intimate Partner Violence 💚 Trauma Healing

The Courage to Heal Workbook

by Laura Davis • 1990

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

4.27

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

The Courage to Heal Workbook 89%

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

by Laura Davis 1990

4.27

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

T is for Transformation

by Shaun T. • 2017

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

4.22

2k+

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance

T is for Transformation 89%

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

by Shaun T. 2017

4.22

2k+ ratings

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

Uncaged 89%

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

On the Threshold of Hope

by Diane Langberg • 1999

Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.

4.57

348

🩹 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🩺 Trauma Healing

On the Threshold of Hope 89%

Abuse taught you lies about body, worth, and God. A Christian psychologist rewrites the lessons.

by Diane Langberg 1999

4.57

348 ratings

🩹 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🩺 Trauma Healing

Invincible

by Brian F. Martin • 2014

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

4.57

698

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs

Invincible 89%

Your childhood in a violent home planted ten lies. Unlearning them changes everything.

by Brian F. Martin 2014

4.57

698 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Domestic Violence Recovery 🔒 Limiting Beliefs

Healing Sex

by Staci Haines • 1999

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

4.29

549

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

Healing Sex 89%

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

by Staci Haines 1999

4.29

549 ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Search for Purple Cows 89%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

The Courage to Heal

by Ellen Bass • 2008

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

4.21

8k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work

The Courage to Heal 89%

A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.

by Ellen Bass 2008

4.21

8k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧸 Inner Child Work

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Peaks and Valleys 89%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Healing the Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 2016

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

4.45

577

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma

Healing the Wounded Heart 89%

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

by Dan B. Allender 2016

4.45

577 ratings

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma

Psychopath Free

by Jackson MacKenzie • 2013

They mirror your dreams, then dismantle your reality. The cure isn't closure: it's zero contact.

4.18

6k+

🎭 Psychopathic Abuse 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery

Psychopath Free 89%

They mirror your dreams, then dismantle your reality. The cure isn't closure: it's zero contact.

by Jackson MacKenzie 2013

4.18

6k+ ratings

🎭 Psychopathic Abuse 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery

Journey through Trauma

by Gretchen Schmelzer • 2018

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

4.50

452

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing

Journey through Trauma 89%

Healing repeated trauma is a cycle, not a line: build safety first, then dismantle defenses.

by Gretchen Schmelzer 2018

4.50

452 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Complex Trauma 🔄 Phase-Based Healing

One Small Step

by Yvonne M. Dolan • 1998

Surviving trauma is not the destination. Small daily acts that rebuild identity and restore joy.

4.06

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 👣 Small Steps

One Small Step 89%

Surviving trauma is not the destination. Small daily acts that rebuild identity and restore joy.

by Yvonne M. Dolan 1998

4.06

32 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 👣 Small Steps

The Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 1995

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

4.32

2k+

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Wounded Heart 89%

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

by Dan B. Allender 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse

by Gregory L. Jantz • 1995

Invisible but devastating: how to recognize emotional abuse and reclaim the self-worth it took.

4.09

250

🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🔍 Recognizing Abuse 🧱 Self-Worth Rebuilding

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse Summary

Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse 89%

Invisible but devastating: how to recognize emotional abuse and reclaim the self-worth it took.

by Gregory L. Jantz 1995

4.09

250 ratings

🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery 🔍 Recognizing Abuse 🧱 Self-Worth Rebuilding

Surviving Survival

by Laurence Gonzales • 2012

Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.

4.22

714

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💪 Resilience Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Surviving Survival 89%

Trauma rewires the brain. So can knitting, humor, and helping someone else.

by Laurence Gonzales 2012

4.22

714 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 💪 Resilience Training 🧠 Neuroplasticity

Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score

by Dorian Marshman • 2021

Journaling, movement, brain training: body-based practices that calm trauma when talk alone fails.

3.42

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score Summary

Workbook for The Body Keeps The Score 89%

Journaling, movement, brain training: body-based practices that calm trauma when talk alone fails.

by Dorian Marshman 2021

3.42

19 ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind Body Healing 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

4k+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

While the City Slept 89%

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Brave 89%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson • 1999

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

4.05

635k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice

Speak 89%

Branded a snitch after a summer party, a freshman hides a trauma she cannot name.

by Laurie Halse Anderson 1999

4.05

635k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 🗣️ Finding Your Voice

The Sexual Healing Journey

by Wendy Maltz • 1991

Reclaim intimacy after abuse: identify the specific harm, then heal each layer step by step.

4.23

821

❤️‍🩹 Sexual Healing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👥 Sexual Abuse Survivors

The Sexual Healing Journey 89%

Reclaim intimacy after abuse: identify the specific harm, then heal each layer step by step.

by Wendy Maltz 1991

4.23

821 ratings

❤️‍🩹 Sexual Healing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 👥 Sexual Abuse Survivors

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal

by Kevin B. Skinner • 2017

Sexual betrayal triggers PTSD. A clinician's road map for rebuilding safety and trust.

4.41

💔 Betrayal Trauma 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🧠 Trauma Therapy

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal Summary

Treating Trauma from Sexual Betrayal 89%

Sexual betrayal triggers PTSD. A clinician's road map for rebuilding safety and trust.

by Kevin B. Skinner 2017

4.41

78 ratings

💔 Betrayal Trauma 🩹 Infidelity Recovery 🧠 Trauma Therapy

Soulbriety

by Elisa Hallerman • 2022

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

4.01

242

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy

Soulbriety 89%

Why sobriety fails without soul work, and how to rebuild the self addiction buried.

by Elisa Hallerman 2022

4.01

242 ratings

🔗 Addiction Recovery 🩹 Trauma Healing 🧘 Somatic Therapy

Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship

by Margalis Fjelstad • 2017

Your empathy made you a target. The recovery path for caretakers after a narcissistic relationship.

4.26

347

🔥 Narcissistic Abuse 🪢 Codependency Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery

Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship Summary

Healing from a Narcissistic Relationship 89%

Your empathy made you a target. The recovery path for caretakers after a narcissistic relationship.

by Margalis Fjelstad 2017

4.26

347 ratings

🔥 Narcissistic Abuse 🪢 Codependency Recovery 💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Jeni Haynes • 2022

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

4.57

2k+

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

The Girl in the Green Dress 88%

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

by Jeni Haynes 2022

4.57

2k+ ratings

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That?

by Lundy Bancroft • 2013

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

4.58

427

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? Summary

Daily Wisdom for Why Does He Do That? 88%

Daily readings that expose his control tactics, restore your reality, and reclaim your freedom.

by Lundy Bancroft 2013

4.58

427 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse 🪞 Gaslighting 🩹 Trauma Healing

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 88%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

Healing from Hidden Abuse

by Shannon Thomas • 2016

Six stages out of covert abuse: spot gaslighting, set boundaries, rebuild a life that's yours.

4.36

3k+

🧠 Psychological Abuse ☠️ Toxic Relationships 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

Healing from Hidden Abuse 88%

Six stages out of covert abuse: spot gaslighting, set boundaries, rebuild a life that's yours.

by Shannon Thomas 2016

4.36

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Abuse ☠️ Toxic Relationships 🪞 Narcissistic Abuse

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

The Tell 88%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy

Saving Five

by Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4k+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Saving Five 88%

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

by Amanda Nguyen 2025

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

3.89

49k+

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

My Story 88%

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

by Elizabeth Smart 2013

3.89

49k+ ratings

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

My Next Breath

by Jeremy Renner • 2025

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

4.15

42k+

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

My Next Breath 88%

Heart rate: 18. Collapsed lung. Broken ribs. Forty-five minutes of manual breathing on ice.

by Jeremy Renner 2025

4.15

42k+ ratings

🏔️ Survival Memoirs 💫 Near-Death Experiences 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

Healing from Toxic Relationships

by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis • 2022

Ten steps to cut ties, heal the damage, and stop attracting toxic partners.

4.18

567

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse Recovery ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🛡️ Boundary Setting

Healing from Toxic Relationships Summary

Healing from Toxic Relationships 88%

Ten steps to cut ties, heal the damage, and stop attracting toxic partners.

by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis 2022

4.18

567 ratings

🪞 Narcissistic Abuse Recovery ☣️ Toxic Relationships 🛡️ Boundary Setting

The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook

by Amy Marlow-MaCoy • 2020

Stop questioning your sanity and start questioning the abuse: a workbook to reclaim your reality.

4.23

156

🎭 Gaslighting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook Summary

The Gaslighting Recovery Workbook 88%

Stop questioning your sanity and start questioning the abuse: a workbook to reclaim your reality.

by Amy Marlow-MaCoy 2020

4.23

156 ratings

🎭 Gaslighting 💔 Emotional Abuse 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Power of Women 88%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Complex PTSD Workbook

by Arielle Schwartz • 2017

C-PTSD reshapes your nervous system. A workbook for calming the body and healing shame.

4.23

1k+

🧠 Trauma Recovery 👶 Developmental Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy

The Complex PTSD Workbook 88%

C-PTSD reshapes your nervous system. A workbook for calming the body and healing shame.

by Arielle Schwartz 2017

4.23

1k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Recovery 👶 Developmental Trauma 🧘 Somatic Therapy

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery

Flying on the Inside 88%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery

Stay with Me

by Nicole Fiorina • 2019

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

4.01

19k+

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family

Stay with Me 88%

At a reformatory, a numb girl and an intense boy collide, risking the only forbidden thing.

by Nicole Fiorina 2019

4.01

19k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Healing 🖤 Damaged Hero 👥 Found Family

Life After Narcissistic Abuse

by Cynthia Bailey-Rug • 2015

The abuser stays well; you get sick. A faith-anchored recovery for body, mind, and spirit.

🌀 Narcissistic Abuse ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 🌪️ Toxic Family Dynamics

Life After Narcissistic Abuse 88%

The abuser stays well; you get sick. A faith-anchored recovery for body, mind, and spirit.

by Cynthia Bailey-Rug 2015

🌀 Narcissistic Abuse ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 🌪️ Toxic Family Dynamics

Trauma and Recovery

by Judith Lewis Herman • 1992

Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.

4.40

16k+

🧠 Psychological Trauma 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Complex Ptsd

Trauma and Recovery 88%

Trauma tears the social fabric, not just the psyche. Recovery takes more than therapy.

by Judith Lewis Herman 1992

4.40

16k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Trauma 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🔗 Complex Ptsd

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Beautiful Scars 88%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Bane

by L.J. Shen • 2018

Paid to befriend her. Forbidden to touch her. Nothing prepared him for wanting to stay.

4.21

40k+

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 💰 Deal Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Bane 88%

Paid to befriend her. Forbidden to touch her. Nothing prepared him for wanting to stay.

by L.J. Shen 2018

4.21

40k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Assault Recovery 💰 Deal Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity

Healing Invisible Wounds

by Richard F. Mollica • 2006

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

4.15

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Healing Invisible Wounds 88%

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

by Richard F. Mollica 2006

4.15

87 ratings

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD

by Arielle Schwartz • 2020

Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.

4.23

416

🧠 Complex Ptsd 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Summary

A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD 88%

Childhood trauma reshapes you. A compassionate guide to healing the Complex PTSD it leaves.

by Arielle Schwartz 2020

4.23

416 ratings

🧠 Complex Ptsd 🩹 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 88%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

The Matrix

by Joshua Clover • 2007

Obsessive love is an addiction. The cure isn't a better partner; it's turning that devotion inward.

4.12

1k+

🔗 Codependency Recovery 💔 Relationship Addiction 🧒 Childhood Trauma

The Matrix 88%

Obsessive love is an addiction. The cure isn't a better partner; it's turning that devotion inward.

by Joshua Clover 2007

4.12

1k+ ratings

🔗 Codependency Recovery 💔 Relationship Addiction 🧒 Childhood Trauma

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Notes on a Silencing 88%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps

by Stephanie S. Covington • 1994

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

4.45

643

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps Summary

A Womans Way Through The Twelve Steps 88%

The Twelve Steps, reimagined through women's experience of trauma, relationships, and identity.

by Stephanie S. Covington 1994

4.45

643 ratings

🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 👩 Female Addiction Issues 🩹 Addiction And Trauma

Heart Recaptured

by Tillie Cole • 2014

Rescued by an outlaw MC, a cult survivor must choose between her faith and forbidden love.

4.13

30k+

🏍️ Biker Romance 💔 Broken Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero

Heart Recaptured 88%

Rescued by an outlaw MC, a cult survivor must choose between her faith and forbidden love.

by Tillie Cole 2014

4.13

30k+ ratings

🏍️ Biker Romance 💔 Broken Heroine 🛡️ Protective Hero

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