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Violée à 15 ans par son entraîneur, la patineuse brise l'omerta. " Vous étiez mon entraîneur. Je venais d'avoir quinze ans. Et vous m'avez violée. Il aura fallu trente ans pour que ma colère cachée se transforme enfin en cri public. Vous avez détruit ma vie, monsieur O., pendant que vous meniez tranquillement la vôtre. Aujourd'hui, je veux balayer ma honte, la faire changer de camp. Mais je veux aussi dénoncer le monde sportif qui vous a protégé, et vous protège encore à l'heure où j'écris ces lignes. Quand j'ai voulu parler, à plusieurs reprises, je n'ai pas pu le faire.

Silence and Resistance recounts the author's upbringing under state-sponsored terror, domestic violence, forced silence, the bewilderment of loss, and generational secrets. It is also a haunting narrative of the author's profound journey to uncover and reckon with the buried secrets of her family's past.

From the shadows of family dysfunction and abuse to the dazzling chaos of the music industry, Gloria takes you on a raw, unfiltered journey through childhood trauma, betrayal, fame, heartbreak, and the quiet strength it took to survive it all. With unflinching honesty and emotional depth, she breaks her silence on the people, pain, and power structures that tried to shape her but never broke her.

For years, she lived beneath the silence—trapped in a world of fear, addiction, and broken promises. A childhood shadowed by chaos gave way to a young adulthood filled with heartache, shattered trust, and desperate struggles to survive. Every day was a battle against the darkness inside and around her. But beneath that silence, something fierce and unbreakable was hope.

In her stirring, vulnerable new memoir, Karena Dawn reveals what it was like to grow up with a mother suffering from severe mental health issues, and how, during her teenage years, she desperately tried to escape her own inner demons. Addicted to pain-numbing drugs and crippled by severe depression, Karena learned how to use grief as a teacher, releasing herself from guilt and shame and finding the inner strength to go from abandonment to forgiveness, from hopelessness to healing.

With humility and candor, artist activist Mary Fisher inspires us when, in her eighth decade, she creatively takes on disease, poverty, hunger, injustice, racism and the role of women. Uneasy Silence tells her story of speaking truth to power while living with AIDS, journeying through cancer and surviving a near-death experience. Her steady concern for The Other enables her to find the strength to stand up, speak up and make a difference, inspiring us to do the same.

In No More Silence, Debbie Widhalm unveils a deeply personal journey of resilience, faith, and finding her voice amid life's most daunting trials. From the innocence of her youth to the overwhelming challenges of early motherhood, abusive relationships, and a family dynamic rife with control and misunderstanding, Debbie's story is one of profound courage and determination.

Out of the Shadow of Silence follows the tumultuous journey of a woman thirsting for love against a backdrop of adversity. In this epic rescue mission, God's love challenges the power of abusive behaviors and self-destruction mechanisms. We watch attentively as God's tender mercies meet each desperation with an abundance of peace. We discover the scope of His love and patience, remaining steadfast until every wound is healed and all darkness has been displaced by light.

AFTERSHOT is a call to conscience - an unflinching expose from inside a system that punishes the wounded, and silences the brave. Lana Boland was everything the badge claimed to honour: a loyal police officer, a high performer, a quiet fighter for what was right. Until the cost of staying silent nearly killed her. Moving beyond PTSD after enduring in-house abuse, institutional gaslighting, and a culture that protects image over integrity. Lana did what few survive, she told the truth anyway. This audiobook is the result.

A convent children's home run by monsters. A heartbreaking family secret that haunted us for 50 years. Suzanne suffered five heart attacks and made it through open heart surgery. But even that pales in comparison to the horrors she faced as a young girl. Her childhood became the ‘stuff of...

In a gripping and deeply personal memoir series, The Girl Who Ran shares the extraordinary journey from a childhood marred by extreme abuse and oppression in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to the hard-earned freedom and self-sufficiency she achieved as an adult in America. Born into a world of gender-based violence, child exploitation, and constant threats to her life, her survival became an act of defiance against the oppressive forces that sought to silence her.

"Interruptions" is a true story that details Rev. O's journey after her son, Jonathan, was murdered in a case of mistaken identity, becoming another victim of gun violence. This "interruption" in Rev. O's life ignited a domino effect of PTSD, depression, and grief, compounded by subsequent loss of employment, detachment from relationships, addiction, and suicidal ideation

Two weeks after giving birth to her son Prince, Hera McLeod discovered that everything she knew about her son's father was a lie. After a 12-month custody battle, full of terrifying evidence she uncovered, Prince's father murdered him during one of the first court-ordered unsupervised visitations. Determined to get justice for her son, Hera embarked on a mission to hold both the killer and the system that enabled him accountable.

In this honest and heartbreaking account, Cindy reveals the torment and abuse she battled in secret, at the hands of one of her teachers. Starting in middle school and spanning over her teen years into young adulthood, the abuse Cindy survived and endured became a source of misery, shame, and guilt in her life. Even after tirelessly distancing herself from her abuser, she still can’t seem to find the freedom she longs for - until the moment comes when she finds her voice and speaks her truth.

A "powerful and scary and important and true" memoir of a young woman's struggle to regain her sense of self after trauma, and the efforts by a powerful New England boarding school to silence her—at any cost (Sally Mann, author of Hold Still). Shortlisted for the 2022 William Saroyan...