Childhood Trauma

A Memoir About Forgiving the Unforgivable

by Richardson, Kim

eBook - 2010

As a child, Kimmi was beaten, drugged and sexually abused – her tormentors? -- The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at the St. Thomas/St. Vincent Orphanage. As a child, Kimmi was beaten, drugged and sexually abused – her tormentors? -- The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth at the St. Thomas/St. Vincent Orphanage. Show less

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Murphy's Boy

by Hayden, Torey L.

Book - 1983

15-year-old Kevin has aged out of the home and needs another place to go – problematic since he is an elective mute with numerous, paralyzing fears. Tore...Show more 15-year-old Kevin has aged out of the home and needs another place to go – problematic since he is an elective mute with numerous, paralyzing fears. Torey Hayden, therapist in a private clinic, works with “Zoo Boy” and uncovers the angry, intelligent, artistic boy who was horribly abused by his stepfather and further victimized by Social Services. Show less

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Seminary Boy

by Cornwell, John

Book - 2007

In London’s East End in the early 1950s, young John Cornwell was more of a holy terror than holy; he bashed a neighbor with a cricket bat, stuck his hands...Show more In London’s East End in the early 1950s, young John Cornwell was more of a holy terror than holy; he bashed a neighbor with a cricket bat, stuck his hands down a little girl’s knickers, and hit his teacher, Sister Magdalen, with a T square and ripped her veil off. But then a series of events, including a camping holiday at a Priory and becoming an altar server for the local parish priest, as well as a very traumatic encounter with a sexual predator in a public bathroom, brought about John’s reform and his increasing devotion to Jesus. Show less

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Lost Child

The True Story of A Girl Who Couldn't Ask for Help

by Hayden, Torey L.

Book - 2019

Everybody knew that Jessie was a liar. The pretty 9-year-old with the soft red hair and clear green eyes lied blithely, frequently and without remorse ove...Show more Everybody knew that Jessie was a liar. The pretty 9-year-old with the soft red hair and clear green eyes lied blithely, frequently and without remorse over matters both silly and serious: her father’s job, whether a toy was hers, the scars on her legs. So, when Jessie described how Joseph, the head of her group home and a kind man with an impeccable reputation, touched her in the shower, there was almost universal disbelief. As her therapist, Torey Hayden, said, “How could the child who never told the truth make herself heard?” Show less

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Etched in Sand

A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived An Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island

by Calcaterra, Regina

Book - 2013

Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island, is middle child Regina Calcaterra’s powerful memoir of growing up victimized by an abusive, neglectful mother. Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island, is middle child Regina Calcaterra’s powerful memoir of growing up victimized by an abusive, neglectful mother. Show less

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The Sound of Gravel

A Memoir

by Wariner, Ruth

Book - 2016

Life in LeBaron meant sacrifice, acknowledged her mom, but the deprivation and hardship were all part of God’s will. So the babies kept coming, and more s...Show more Life in LeBaron meant sacrifice, acknowledged her mom, but the deprivation and hardship were all part of God’s will. So the babies kept coming, and more sister wives joined the family, and the misery increased exponentially, especially for Ruthie as her loathsome stepfather started paying sinister visits to her bed. Yet even this was seen as God’s will. Show less

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Jesus Land

A Memoir

by Scheeres, Julia

Book - 2012

Isolated from his peers and beaten by his father, David tried to commit suicide and was swiftly sent to a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republi...Show more Isolated from his peers and beaten by his father, David tried to commit suicide and was swiftly sent to a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic as punishment. Julia quickly followed for her sins of alcoholism and “fornication”. Expecting the school to be a Facts of Life on the Caribbean, Julia soon learned that the conditions were primitive and The Program was extremely strict - could David and Julia’s close sibling relationship survive in these nightmarish conditions? Show less

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The Summer of Ordinary Ways

by Helget, Nicole Lea

Book - 2005

Helget grew up in a Minnesota farm family in the 1980s, the eldest of six daughters, with a brutal, alcoholic father who would pitchfork a cow to death, shoot puppies, and hit his wife with a hot pan. Helget grew up in a Minnesota farm family in the 1980s, the eldest of six daughters, with a brutal, alcoholic father who would pitchfork a cow to death, shoot puppies, and hit his wife with a hot pan. Show less

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Chosen

A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood

by Mills, Stephen Tukel

Book - 2022

Stephen was a vulnerable thirteen-year-old craving a father figure. Enter Dan Farinella, camp director, social worker, “good guy,” and sexual predator. Stephen was a vulnerable thirteen-year-old craving a father figure. Enter Dan Farinella, camp director, social worker, “good guy,” and sexual predator. Show less

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