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🔗 Paternal Abuse

Stories confronting the devastating betrayal of a father's violence or cruelty, exploring how children survive and reckon with harm from the person meant to protect them.
Daddy Issues
by Katherine Angel • 2019
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
3.36
1k+
👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Dynamics📺 Cultural Criticism🏠 Patriarchal Family
Daddy Issues Summary
Daddy Issues 90%
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
by Katherine Angel 2019
3.36
1k+ ratings
👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Dynamics📺 Cultural Criticism🏠 Patriarchal Family
For Your Own Good
by Alice Miller • 1985
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
4.25
2k+
🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression
For Your Own Good Summary
For Your Own Good 89%
The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.
by Alice Miller 1985
4.25
2k+ ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🔄 Intergenerational Trauma🎭 Emotional Suppression
A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer • 1995
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
4.14
463k+
🧒 Child Abuse Memoir👩‍👦 Maternal Violence🔗 Coercive Control
A Child Called "It" Summary
A Child Called "It" 89%
Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.
by Dave Pelzer 1995
4.14
463k+ ratings
🧒 Child Abuse Memoir👩‍👦 Maternal Violence🔗 Coercive Control
Playground
by Aron Beauregard • 2022
Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.
3.43
20k+
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🎲 Death Games
Playground Summary
Playground 88%
Parents strapped to chairs watch their kids crawl through a playground of grinders and saws.
by Aron Beauregard 2022
3.43
20k+ ratings
🩸 Splatterpunk🫀 Body Horror🎲 Death Games
Narcissistic Mothers
by Caroline Foster • 2021
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
4.19
1k+
🧪 Toxic Parenting💔 Abuse Recovery🚧 Setting Boundaries
Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Narcissistic Mothers 88%
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
by Caroline Foster 2021
4.19
1k+ ratings
🧪 Toxic Parenting💔 Abuse Recovery🚧 Setting Boundaries
Chinese Cinderella
by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
4.08
42k+
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
Chinese Cinderella Summary
Chinese Cinderella 88%
Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.
by Adeline Yen Mah 1999
4.08
42k+ ratings
🏮 Chinese Family💔 Childhood Abuse🥀 Emotional Neglect
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters
by Susan E. Schwartz • 2020
The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.
3.63
324
🧠 Jungian Psychology👤 Paternal Absence💔 Emotional Neglect
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters Summary
The Absent Father Effect on Daughters 87%
The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.
by Susan E. Schwartz 2020
3.63
324 ratings
🧠 Jungian Psychology👤 Paternal Absence💔 Emotional Neglect
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome
by Amy J.L. Baker • 2007
Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.
4.44
176
💔 Parental Alienation🎭 Narcissistic Parents🫂 Family Estrangement
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome Summary
Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome 87%
Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.
by Amy J.L. Baker 2007
4.44
176 ratings
💔 Parental Alienation🎭 Narcissistic Parents🫂 Family Estrangement
Secrets in the Cellar
by John Glatt • 2009
A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.
3.83
6k+
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏚️ Hidden Captivity💔 Familial Abuse
Secrets in the Cellar Summary
Secrets in the Cellar 87%
A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.
by John Glatt 2009
3.83
6k+ ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology🏚️ Hidden Captivity💔 Familial Abuse
The House of My Mother
by Shari Franke • 2025
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
4.27
216k+
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir
The House of My Mother Summary
The House of My Mother 87%
Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.
by Shari Franke 2025
4.27
216k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Trauma💔 Emotional Abuse📖 Survivor Memoir
The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller • 1979
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
4.05
31k+
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪞 Parental Narcissism🔒 Emotional Repression
The Drama of the Gifted Child Summary
The Drama of the Gifted Child 87%
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
by Alice Miller 1979
4.05
31k+ ratings
🧸 Childhood Trauma🪞 Parental Narcissism🔒 Emotional Repression
Quest For Love
by Anneke Lucas • 2022
Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.
4.50
377
🧒 Childhood Trauma🚸 Child Sexual Abuse🕸️ Organized Abuse
Quest For Love Summary
Quest For Love 87%
Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.
by Anneke Lucas 2022
4.50
377 ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🚸 Child Sexual Abuse🕸️ Organized Abuse
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
by Lundy Bancroft • 2002
Abuse isn't about his anger or his past. It's about what he believes he deserves.
4.49
18k+
🏚️ Domestic Abuse🧠 Abuser Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Summary
Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men 87%
Abuse isn't about his anger or his past. It's about what he believes he deserves.
by Lundy Bancroft 2002
4.49
18k+ ratings
🏚️ Domestic Abuse🧠 Abuser Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
Project Fatherhood
by Jorja Leap • 2015
Former gang members and ex-cons meet weekly in Watts to become the fathers they never had.
4.30
115
🏙️ Urban Fatherhood🕳️ Absent Fathers🔒 Mass Incarceration
Project Fatherhood Summary
Project Fatherhood 87%
Former gang members and ex-cons meet weekly in Watts to become the fathers they never had.
by Jorja Leap 2015
4.30
115 ratings
🏙️ Urban Fatherhood🕳️ Absent Fathers🔒 Mass Incarceration
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
by Alice Miller • 1991
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
4.10
339
🧒 Childhood Trauma🎭 Repressed Emotions👶 Inner Child Work
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence Summary
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence 87%
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
by Alice Miller 1991
4.10
339 ratings
🧒 Childhood Trauma🎭 Repressed Emotions👶 Inner Child Work
Aller Retour
by Yves Beauchesne
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
2.43
119
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
Aller Retour Summary
Aller Retour 87%
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
by Yves Beauchesne
2.43
119 ratings
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change?
by Patricia Evans • 2006
A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.
4.19
316
🗣️ Verbal Abuse🌀 Gaslighting🧠 Abuser Psychology
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? Summary
The Verbally Abusive Man - Can He Change? 87%
A test for change in a verbally abusive partner, and a safety plan for leaving when he fails.
by Patricia Evans 2006
4.19
316 ratings
🗣️ Verbal Abuse🌀 Gaslighting🧠 Abuser Psychology
Not My Father's Son
by Alan Cumming • 2014
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
4.06
48k+
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History
Not My Father's Son Summary
Not My Father's Son 87%
A genealogy show reveals his grandfather died playing Russian roulette. But that was the easy part.
by Alan Cumming 2014
4.06
48k+ ratings
🎭 Celebrity Memoir📜 Family Secrets🧬 Family History
A Thousand Perfect Notes
by C.G. Drews • 2018
Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.
4.16
5k+
🎹 Musical Prodigy😰 Abusive Parent🩹 Child Abuse Recovery
A Thousand Perfect Notes Summary
A Thousand Perfect Notes 87%
Beck plays piano to survive his mother's rage. August teaches him to play for himself.
by C.G. Drews 2018
4.16
5k+ ratings
🎹 Musical Prodigy😰 Abusive Parent🩹 Child Abuse Recovery
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me
by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
4.08
3k+
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary
Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 87%
His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.
by Ian Morgan Cron 2011
4.08
3k+ ratings
🍷 Alcoholic Parent🙏 Spiritual Memoir💔 Childhood Trauma
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
by Meg Meeker • 2006
A pediatrician's guide to protecting your daughter's mind and future in a culture set against her.
4.16
7k+
👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond✝️ Christian Parenting👧 Raising Girls
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Summary
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters 87%
A pediatrician's guide to protecting your daughter's mind and future in a culture set against her.
by Meg Meeker 2006
4.16
7k+ ratings
👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond✝️ Christian Parenting👧 Raising Girls
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members
by Sherrie Campbell • 2022
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
4.29
1k+
✂️ Family Estrangement🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members Summary
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members 87%
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
by Sherrie Campbell 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
✂️ Family Estrangement🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set
by Tara Westover • 2023
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
4.34
360
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 87%
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
by Tara Westover 2023
4.34
360 ratings
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Sickened
by Julie Gregory • 2003
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
3.74
20k+
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir
Sickened Summary
Sickened 87%
Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.
by Julie Gregory 2003
3.74
20k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Child Abuse👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse🦋 Survivor Memoir
Tell Me What I Am
by Una Mannion • 2023
Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.
3.92
3k+
🖋️ Literary Thriller🏠 Domestic Suspense💔 Absent Mother
Tell Me What I Am Summary
Tell Me What I Am 87%
Her mother disappeared. Her father raised her on a remote island. Now the hidden letters surface.
by Una Mannion 2023
3.92
3k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Thriller🏠 Domestic Suspense💔 Absent Mother
Protecting the Gift
by Gavin de Becker • 1999
Forget stranger danger. Train your child's gut instinct instead, and here is how.
4.31
3k+
🛡️ Child Safety🔍 Threat Assessment🧠 Trusting Intuition
Protecting the Gift Summary
Protecting the Gift 87%
Forget stranger danger. Train your child's gut instinct instead, and here is how.
by Gavin de Becker 1999
4.31
3k+ ratings
🛡️ Child Safety🔍 Threat Assessment🧠 Trusting Intuition
Hermit
by Chris McQueer • 2025
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
4.15
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Hermit Summary
Hermit 87%
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
by Chris McQueer 2025
4.15
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
My Absolute Darling
by Gabriel Tallent • 2017
Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.
3.59
57k+
🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing🖤 Abusive Parent🌲 Remote Wilderness
My Absolute Darling Summary
My Absolute Darling 87%
Her father taught her to survive the collapse of civilization; now she must survive him.
by Gabriel Tallent 2017
3.59
57k+ ratings
🏚️ Survivalist Upbringing🖤 Abusive Parent🌲 Remote Wilderness
The Third Parent
by Elias Witherow • 2017
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
3.88
1k+
🩸 Extreme Horror💔 Childhood Trauma🔒 Captivity Horror
The Third Parent Summary
The Third Parent 87%
When a plastic-faced man becomes a family's third parent, the children learn what his smile costs.
by Elias Witherow 2017
3.88
1k+ ratings
🩸 Extreme Horror💔 Childhood Trauma🔒 Captivity Horror
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2019
They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.
4.40
6k+
🧸 Parental Immaturity🚧 Boundary Setting🔑 Emotional Autonomy
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents Summary
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents 87%
They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2019
4.40
6k+ ratings
🧸 Parental Immaturity🚧 Boundary Setting🔑 Emotional Autonomy
Silent No More
by Aaron Fisher • 2012
Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.
4.09
786
🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups🗣️ Survivor Testimony
Silent No More Summary
Silent No More 87%
Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.
by Aaron Fisher 2012
4.09
786 ratings
🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups🗣️ Survivor Testimony
Anatomía del mal
by Jordi Wild • 2024
Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.
3.42
884
🧠 Criminal Psychology😈 Nature Of Evil🧒 Childhood Trauma
Anatomía del mal Summary
Anatomía del mal 86%
Eight crimes pull apart evil: trauma, group pressure, misogyny, and the mask of ordinary life.
by Jordi Wild 2024
3.42
884 ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology😈 Nature Of Evil🧒 Childhood Trauma
La Dernière Allumette
by Marie Vareille • 2024
Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.
4.61
7k+
👻 Posthumous Narrator🔄 Cycle Of Abuse🏚️ Domestic Violence
La Dernière Allumette Summary
La Dernière Allumette 86%
Zoé loves a man haunted by his father's violence. Her sister marries it.
by Marie Vareille 2024
4.61
7k+ ratings
👻 Posthumous Narrator🔄 Cycle Of Abuse🏚️ Domestic Violence
Mauvaise connexion
by Jo Witek • 2012
A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.
3.63
282
🖥️ Online Grooming🎭 Secret Online Identity💔 Mother Daughter Rift
Mauvaise connexion Summary
Mauvaise connexion 86%
A lonely teen creates an online self and meets a photographer whose attention becomes her prison.
by Jo Witek 2012
3.63
282 ratings
🖥️ Online Grooming🎭 Secret Online Identity💔 Mother Daughter Rift
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 Summary
Goodbye, Sweet Girl 86%
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
The Elements
by John Boyne • 2025
On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.
4.43
26k+
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🔄 Cycles Of Abuse💔 Estranged Parent
The Elements Summary
The Elements 86%
On a remote Irish island, a disgraced woman searches for the truth behind her daughter's drowning.
by John Boyne 2025
4.43
26k+ ratings
🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🔄 Cycles Of Abuse💔 Estranged Parent
The Battered Woman
by Lenore E. Walker • 1980
Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.
4.01
101
🏠 Domestic Violence🧠 Trauma Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
The Battered Woman Summary
The Battered Woman 86%
Abuse teaches a woman her actions don't count. Reversing that belief takes intervention, not advice.
by Lenore E. Walker 1980
4.01
101 ratings
🏠 Domestic Violence🧠 Trauma Psychology⛓️ Power And Control
Educated
by Tara Westover • 2018
With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.
4.46
1.9M+
🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family💔 Abusive Sibling
Educated Summary
Educated 86%
With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.
by Tara Westover 2018
4.46
1.9M+ ratings
🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family💔 Abusive Sibling
Children of the Self-Absorbed
by Nina W. Brown • 2000
How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
3.91
2k+
🪞 Narcissistic Parenting🧱 Emotional Boundaries🧒 Inner Child Work
Children of the Self-Absorbed Summary
Children of the Self-Absorbed 86%
How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.
by Nina W. Brown 2000
3.91
2k+ ratings
🪞 Narcissistic Parenting🧱 Emotional Boundaries🧒 Inner Child Work
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy • 2022
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
4.43
1.6M+
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary
I'm Glad My Mom Died 86%
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
by Jennette McCurdy 2022
4.43
1.6M+ ratings
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
by Patricia Love • 1990
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
4.20
547
🕸️ Emotional Enmeshment🔄 Role Reversal🏠 Family Systems
The Emotional Incest Syndrome Summary
The Emotional Incest Syndrome 86%
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
by Patricia Love 1990
4.20
547 ratings
🕸️ Emotional Enmeshment🔄 Role Reversal🏠 Family Systems
Wavewalker
by Suzanne Heywood • 2023
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
4.23
9k+
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
Wavewalker Summary
Wavewalker 86%
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
by Suzanne Heywood 2023
4.23
9k+ ratings
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
Will the Drama Ever End?
by Karyl McBride • 2024
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
4.34
350
🔍 Narcissistic Parents💔 Family Dysfunction🩹 Childhood Trauma
Will the Drama Ever End? Summary
Will the Drama Ever End? 86%
Healing from a narcissistic parent: the five-stage program for undoing the damage, contact or no.
by Karyl McBride 2024
4.34
350 ratings
🔍 Narcissistic Parents💔 Family Dysfunction🩹 Childhood Trauma
The Sound of Gravel
by Ruth Wariner • 2016
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
4.31
68k+
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
The Sound of Gravel Summary
The Sound of Gravel 86%
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
by Ruth Wariner 2016
4.31
68k+ ratings
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
Adrift
by Will Dean • 2026
A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.
3.78
7k+
🏠 Domestic Suspense🕯️ Gaslighting🐻 Protective Mother
Adrift Summary
Adrift 86%
A family afloat: a mother, a son, a father who decides what is true.
by Will Dean 2026
3.78
7k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Suspense🕯️ Gaslighting🐻 Protective Mother
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 Summary
In the Dream House 86%
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
Gaslighting
by Stephanie Sarkis • 2018
From love bombing to courtroom sabotage: how gaslighters operate, and how to reclaim your reality.
3.77
1k+
💡 Gaslighting💔 Emotional Abuse🎭 Psychological Manipulation
Gaslighting Summary
Gaslighting 86%
From love bombing to courtroom sabotage: how gaslighters operate, and how to reclaim your reality.
by Stephanie Sarkis 2018
3.77
1k+ ratings
💡 Gaslighting💔 Emotional Abuse🎭 Psychological Manipulation
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2023
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
4.49
2k+
💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery🪢 Family Dysfunction🛡️ Boundary Setting
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People Summary
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People 86%
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2023
4.49
2k+ ratings
💔 Emotional Abuse Recovery🪢 Family Dysfunction🛡️ Boundary Setting
16 ans et papa
by Marilou Addison • 2017
A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.
4.20
133
🍼 Teen Fatherhood🧬 Generational Trauma👨‍👦 Father Son Bond
16 ans et papa Summary
16 ans et papa 86%
A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.
by Marilou Addison 2017
4.20
133 ratings
🍼 Teen Fatherhood🧬 Generational Trauma👨‍👦 Father Son Bond
A Chance in the World
by Steve Pemberton • 2012
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
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🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
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Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
by Steve Pemberton 2012
4.27
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
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