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  The Rules of Survival

  by Nancy Werlin

  It all starts when Matthew observes a heroic scene in a convenience store: A man named Murdoch puts himself between an abusive father and his son. Matt is determined to get to know this man. And when, amazingly, Murdoch begins dating Matt’s mother, it seems as if life may become peaceful for the first time. Matt and his sisters have never before known a moment of peace in a household ruled by their... (more)
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  The Family Fang

  by Kevin Wilson

  “The Family Fang is a comedy, a tragedy, and a tour-de-force examination of what it means to make art and survive your family. Like everything else Kevin Wilson does, I have never seen anything like it before. The best single word description would be brilliant.” (Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder )Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art. Their children called it... (more)
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  The Lake

  by Banana Yoshimoto

  A major literary sensation is back with a quietly stunning tour de force about a young woman who falls for a cult escapee. While The Lake shows off many of the features that have made Banana Yoshimoto famous—a cast of vivid and quirky characters, simple yet nuanced prose, a tight plot with an upbeat pace—it’s also one of the most darkly mysterious books she’s ever written.    It tells the tale of a young woman... (more)
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  The Cat Ate My Gymsuit: Book 1

  The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

  by Paula Danziger

  Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she knows she’s never going to be thin, and her family life’s a nightmare. Then Marcy meets Ms. Finney, an English teacher who will try anything in the classroom. Finally, Marcy’s life in and out of school begins to have a purpose. But when Ms. Finney is suspended, Marcy knows she’s got to take a stand, no matter the price she must pay.
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  Breaking TWIG

  by Deborah Epperson

  Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming-of-age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life. Not even Twig’s vivid imagination, keen wit, and dark sense of humor is enough to help her survive the... (more)
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  Big Girl

  by Danielle Steel

  In this heartfelt and incisive new novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of unconventional beauty while exploring deeply resonant issues of weight, self-image, sisterhood, and family.A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. Her father, Jim, is tall and slender, and her mother,... (more)
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  Keep Holding On

  by Susane Colasanti

  When I was a teen, I would have been mortified to admit that I was being bullied at school. My junior high and high school years were the worst time of my life. Kids picked on me for being a science nerd. They picked on me for not wearing the expensive sweaters and jeans everyone else had. They picked on me for doing weird things like writing song lyrics on my sneakers (this was back in the day before writing on... (more)
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  Albatross

  by Josie Bloss

  Josie Bloss, a third-generation band geek, grew up outside Lansing, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan where she was a proud  member of one of the top college marching bands in the country and a staff reporter for the Michigan Daily. After obtaining a degree in Political Science, she tried to decide if she wanted to be a lawyer while wrangling paper in several large Chicago law firms. Finding the... (more)
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  Stalking the Soul

  by Marie-France Hirigoyen

  Now in Paperback In this groundbreaking account--already a national bestseller--Dr. Marie-France Hirigoyen lays bare the destructive "hidden" phenomenon of emotional abuse. She argues that while emotional abuse is not as visible as physical abuse, it is equally violent--and perhaps even more widespread. It is a crime whose aim is, she says, "a virtual murder of the soul." Emotional abuse exists all around us--in... (more)
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  TrueColors: Book 7

  Blade Silver

  Color Me Scarred

  by Melody Carlson

  Ruth Wallace knows she can only hide the scars on her arms for so long. Cutting herself doesn't make her problems disappear, but at least it helps her cope. Ruth needs to find someway, any way, to heal her scars--the ones she hides and the ones she can't--before something terrible happens.
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  Stay

  by Deb Caletti

  Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, and like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is--and what he’s willing to do to make her stay. Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off... (more)
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  Nineteen Minutes

  by Jodi Picoult

  Sterling is an ordinary, small New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outsider have been obscured... (more)
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  Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed

  by Sara Hall

  The inspiring story of one woman's journey of healing and transformation. Sara Hall's life seemed perfect: a wealthy husband, a big house in an affluent suburb, three healthy children. But the surface of Hall's life hid a marriage filled with sorrow and pain. One day, at age forty-two, Hall sees a lone figure rowing in the harbor, and that image becomes her holy grail. In this richly layered memoir, the... (more)
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  Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse

  by Ann McMurray, Gregory L. Jantz

  There are no bruises to yellow and heal, no gaping wound to point to. But, in spite of their invisibility, emotional wounds are a very damaging form of abuse. Whether caused by words, actions, or even indifference, emotional abuse is very common-yet often overlooked. In this helpful guide, Christian therapist Gregory Jantz examines why emotional abuse is so common and damaging. He reveals how those who have been... (more)
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  Men Who Hate Women & The Women Who Love Them

  When Loving Hurts And You Don't Know Why

  by Joan Torres, Dr. Susan Forward

  Is this the way love is supposed to feel? • Does the man you love assume the right to control how you live and behave? • Have you given up important activities or people to keep him happy? • Is he extremely jealous and possessive? • Does he switch from charm to anger without warning? • Does he belittle your opinions, your feelings, or your accomplishments? • Does he withdraw love, money, approval, or sex to... (more)
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  Purge

  by Sarah Littman

  Janie Ryman hates throwing up. So why does she binge eat and then stick her fingers down her throat several times a day? That’s what the doctors and psychiatrists at Golden Slopes hope to help her discover. But first Janie must survive everyday conflicts between the Barfers and the Starvers, attempts by the head psychiatrist to fish painful memories out of her emotional waters, and shifting friendships and... (more)
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  You Don't Have to Take it Anymore

  Turn Your Resentful, Angry, or Emotionally Abusive Relationship into a Compassionate, Loving One

  by Steven Stosny

  As many as one-third of all American women tiptoe through life as if they are walking on eggshells -- at home, they spend most of their time trying to avoid criticism, anger, put-downs, or cold shoulders from their husbands or boyfriends. This verbal and emotional abuse can erupt over anything and everything, matters large and small: housework, cooking, work, spending money, buying household items and clothes for... (more)
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  North of Beautiful

  by Justina Chen Headley

  It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper. She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn of her cheek, all people notice is her unmistakably "flawed" face. Terra secretly plans to leave her stifling small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college, but gets pushed off-course by her controlling father. When an unexpected collision puts Terra directly in Jacob's path, the handsome... (more)
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  Forbidden Places

  by Penny Vincenzi

  In 1941 Grace's husband Charles is posted missing, presumed dead. When the war ends, Grace builds a new life, finds a new love and plans to get married again. But Charles returns, wanting to reclaim his wife. Grace now has to choose between the man she loves and the husband she thinks she doesn't.
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  Open Me

  by Sunshine O'Donnell

  A debut novel about a young girl at the center of the secret world of professional mourners, where women are trained extensively and paid handsomely to attend the funerals of strangers. Mem is a wailer, a professional mourner hired to cry at funerals. One of the few remaining American girls in this secret, illegal profession, Mem hails from a long line of mourners, including her mother, a legendary master... (more)