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Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Survivor Injustice shatters the harmful and convenient narrative that abuse is a "private matter" perpetrated by individual bad actors and situates popular understandings of domestic abuse in an indictment of the racism, misogyny, and carcerality baked into U.S. culture and politics"--
Author
Publisher
GCP
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 332 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In September 2017, a knock on the door upends Michelle Horton's life forever: her sister had just shot her partner and was now in jail. During the investigation that follows, Michelle learns that Nikki had been hiding horrific abuse for years. Stunned to find herself in a situation she'd only ever encountered on television and true crime podcasts, Michelle rearranges her life to care for Nikki's children and simultaneously launches a fight to bring...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
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Description
"At once disturbing and empowering, the memoir of a courageous woman, who, between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, was manipulated, exploited, and abused as a sex worker; who killed her pimp/father figure-and was unjustly sentenced to life in prison without parole. "I was 11 when I met GG. I realized later that he had to have been aware of the chaos that was my life... because he played me perfectly. I was walking home after school... I heard his...
Author
Publisher
IMPACT Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiii, 135 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Best known for her riveting performance as 'Eva' in the hit movie, Freedom Writers ... April Hernandez Castillo was living the Hollywood dream. However, behind the glitz and glamor was a woman dealing secretly with a traumatic past. From growing up in the tough streets of the Bronx during the Crack Epidemic Era, to being in an abusive relationship as a teenager, to almost taking her own life, April's future looked bleak. Embracing Me is April's...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"From the woman who gave the landmark testimony against Clarence Thomas as a sexual menace, a new manifesto about the origins and course of gender violence in our society; a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis, and a powerful call to arms from one of our most prominent and poised survivors. In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and...
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