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2024.
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"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love--leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's built. Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and...
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Pies before guys mystery volume 3
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English
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Daisy Ellery is back to doing what she does best: making pies and killing guys. And it's about to get more dangerous than ever. Daisy knows the statistic-domestic violence perpetrated by cops is rampant. It was only a matter of time before she was called in to help. But when this request arrives in her inbox, it isn't accompanied by the required referral and that makes Daisy nervous. Is this really a woman trapped in a violent relationship, or is...
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"A dark comedy about four women coming together to heal the damage their husbands have done--and hide their bodies once they've killed them When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she's more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn't be fair-not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn't the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an...
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Book Apart volume no. 37
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English
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"How will our product hurt people?" As web workers, we don't often ask this question--but we should. Too often, we design for idealized circumstances, even though our users bring a range of complicated personal dynamics to every interaction. When we fail to explicitly design for vulnerable users, we unintentionally prioritize their abusers. Eva PenzeyMoog explains how even the most well-intentioned design can be weaponized for interpersonal harm....
5) Icarus
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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...
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Sourcebooks
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"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...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
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Educate2Empower Publishing, an imprint of UpLoad Publishing Pty Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Jonathon's home was not a happy one. Sometimes there was shouting and sometimes there were tears. But hope soon arrived when Auntie Edie came to stay. She brought with her joy, happiness, a cat called Magic and the wonderful possibilities of hope. Hope is dedicated to all those children who feel sad right now. As Jonathon knows, there is always hope that things might change. The development of this book was supported by family violence experts. Discussion...
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Microcosm Pub
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[between 2010 and 2020]
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English
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"This zine has suggestions for how to do good support for people who have recently experienced intimate violence, both the survivor and the abuser ... Included are ideas for how to do both physical and emotional support, as well as support to help folks start to understand what they've experienced and take responsibility for their actions ..."--Page 1.
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