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81) River people
Author
Series
Publisher
Boutique of Quality Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story is ste in Nebraska in the late 1890s. It is a time when women and children have few rights and society looks upon domestic abuse as a private, family matter. Seventeen-year-old Effie and eleven-year-old Bridget must struggle to endure abuse and neglect at the hands of a man whose past has left deep scars and a cruel, warped view of family and religion" -- Page [4] cover.
82) It takes one
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"They say there are no secrets in a small town... Criminal psychologist Audrey Harte is returning home after seven years. She'll have to face the whispers and the rumors that have haunted her family since she left. Because when Audrey was thirteen, she and her best friend Maggie killed Maggie's abusive father. Her first night back in town ends in a fight with a drunken Maggie, with her old crush Jake to witness it all. Audrey can't believe it can...
84) Icarus
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
85) Count me in
Author
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.
Karina Chopra would have never imagined becoming friends with the boy next door--after all, they've avoided each other for years and she assumes Chris is just like the boys he hangs out with, who she labels a pack of hyenas. Then Karina's grandfather starts tutoring...
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether domestic violence is a serious problem, whether teen dating violence is a serious problem, and whether economic downturns amplify problems that can lead to domestic violence.
88) Falling down
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xvii, 336 pages : portraits ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tom North is one of the eight North children, who together with the ten Beardsley children, became the family which was featured in the 1968 film, 'Yours, Mine and Ours' starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda.... But, it wasn't one big happy family as the movie depicted. The stepfather's violence and abuse created a life of intimidation, turmoil, fear and depression for the North children. All hope seemed lost as Tom realized that he was caught...
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Square Fish edition.
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
viii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In his searing, honest, and ultimately inspiring memoir, Jason Schmidt tells the story of growing up with an abusive father, who contracted HIV and ultimately died of AIDS when Jason was a teenager." --
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xviii, 364 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Can my partner abuse me and still be a good parent? Should I stay with my partner for my children's sake? How should I talk to my children about the abuse and help them heal? Am I a bad mother? Mothers in physically or emotionally abusive relationships ask themselves these questions every day. Whether it's physical or "just" emotional abuse, whether it's aimed at them or you, whether they see or hear it, your kids need you. This book, the first ever...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Physical Desc
xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.
The day after Ellie dies by suicide, she finds herself in the midst of an out-of-body experience. She sways between past and present, retracing the events that unfolded prior to her death. There's her...
94) Bleeding heart
Publisher
Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reserved yoga instructor May lives a peaceful, clean-living life with her boyfriend. Her carefully maintained equilibrium is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva; a street-smart yet naive young woman caught working the streets and in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva but as she takes steps to pull Shiva back from the edge she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world...
95) Family violence
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
205 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
96) The letter
Author
Publisher
Headline Review
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever ... Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool,...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Frankie relates the events of the year leading up to her mother's mysterious disappearance and her own struggle to discover and accept the truth about her parents' relationship.
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the early hours of July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend. A life full of promise and hope, cut tragically short, Liliana's story instead became subsumed into Mexico's dark and relentless history of domestic violence. With Liliana's case file abandoned by a corrupt criminal justice system, her family, including her older sister Cristina, was forced to process their grief and guilt in private, without any hope...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hollywood starlet Lana Turner was one Tinseltown's most recognizable faces in the 1940s and 50s. But, when the Academy Award-winning actress began dating mobster Johnny Stompanato-a thug for west coast mob boss Mickey Cohen-all the lights and glamor of Hollywood did not brighten the darkness of her personal life. Johnny's intense jealousy over Lana ruled their relationship from the get-go and Lana's daughter, Cheryl, witnessed her mother's bruises...