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When Sandra Leigh was seven years old, she fell into the role of protector of her mother and three younger siblings. One winter night, she ushered her mother out of the house during one of her father’s tirades, and then snuck her back into the dark home through a window. Sandra was used to events like these; what she wasn’t used to were the mountains and nature surrounding her new home in West Virginia.

Zoe Zolbrod remained silent about her early childhood molestation for nearly a decade. When she finally decided to tell, she wasn't sure what to expect or what to say. Through a series of experiences - Zolbrod hitchhikes with a boyfriend from one coast to another, hangs out in a strip club in Philadelphia, meets and marries her husband, and gives birth to her children - she traces the development of her sexuality, her relationships with men, and the cultivation of her motherhood in the shadow of her childhood sexual abuse.

After a tumor bursts in Mike Scalise's brain, leaving him with a hole in the head and malfunctioning hormones, he must navigate a new alien world of illness maintenance. His mother, who has a chronic heart condition and a flair for drama, becomes a complicated model as she competes with him for the status of "best sick person". The Brand New Catastrophe is a moving, funny exploration of how we define ourselves by the stories we choose to tell.

While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life, at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley’s presence in such a place, Zak single-handedly orchestrated a rescue. What didn’t come out in the initial burst of publicity this story received is that Zak and Riley’s destinies were intertwined long before they improbably found each other.

Arthur Miller’s deeply moving drama reunites two long estranged middle-aged brothers. Nostalgia and recrimination erupt as they sell off an attic full of furniture, their last link to a family and a world that no longer exists. This 1968 classic is a wrenching saga of plaintive gestures and missed opportunities. A co-production with the BBC.

8 marzo, per tutti gli uomini in ascolto. Le ancora attualissime barriere di genere in cinque articoli di Repubblica: Femminicidi, il ritorno del delitto d'onore, di Concita De Gregorio; Clara Usón, storia di una spogliarellista e del re di Spagna, di Concita De Gregorio; In campo con il pancione. Sydney contro chi la insulta, di Alessandra Retico; Alla faccia della parità, ecco perché in Italia il potere non è donna, di Maria Novella De Luca e Luisa Grion; 8 marzo: quando questa firma sarà di un uomo, di Concita De Gregorio.

Eigentlich wollte Johnny seine Vergangenheit weit hinter sich lassen - zu schmerzhaft sind die Erinnerungen an die Ereignisse zwanzig Jahre zuvor. Damals fand seine Kindheit ein drastisches Ende, als sein gewalttätiger Vater die Familie verließ. Heute lebt Johnny mit Frau und Tochter in einer anderen Stadt und hat ein neues Leben begonnen - doch seine traumatische Kindheit lässt ihn nicht los. Überraschend wird er von seinem entfremdeten Bruder Johan kontaktiert, der ihn bittet, noch einmal in seine alte Heimat zurückzukehren.

Lonnie blev som lille pige gennem længere tid systematisk misbrugt seksuelt af sin far. Som det så ofte er, var hun flov over det, men på et tidspunkt tog hun mod til at fortælle om misbruget. Faren blev dømt og kom i fængsel, men hermed var Lonnies mareridt ikke ovre. De næste mange år røg hun ind i stofmisbrug, hun blev luder, rockertøs og fik ganske enkelt et rigtig dårligt liv. Men med imponerende viljestyrke valgte hun at rette op på sit liv, tage en uddannelse og sørge ordentlig for sine to døtre.

Ein weiterer Tag ist vergangen, Ihr Kind liegt endlich im Bett und Sie fühlen sich ausgelaugt, frustriert, einfach erschöpft. Kleine Kämpfe, Diskussionen und harsche Worte sind an der Tagesordnung - wie sollte man auch sonst sein Kind bändigen? Vielleicht kommt Ihnen dieses Szenario sehr bekannt vor. Doch keine Sorge, damit sind Sie nicht allein. Vor allem gibt es Wege, die zu einer gewaltfreien Kommunikation und somit zu einer harmonischen Atmosphäre in Ihrem Heim führen.

Weit über 100 getötete Frauen allein in Deutschland pro Jahr: Morde, über die niemand spricht. Jeden Tag versucht in Deutschland ein Mann, seine Frau umzubringen. Alle 3 Tage wird eine Frau von ihrem Partner oder Ex-Partner getötet. Hinzu kommen die Morde an Frauen durch ihnen unbekannte Täter. Diese Verbrechen sind keine Ehrenmorde oder Beziehungstaten, sondern Femizide: Morde, die an Frauen verübt werden, weil sie Frauen sind.

Manche Menschen sind grundlos traurig, ängstlich oder leiden an Schmerzen, für die es keine Erklärung gibt. Manche wollen ihr Potenzial leben und stoßen immer wieder an eine Grenze, die unüberwindbar scheint. Die Ursache kann in der Familiengeschichte liegen, wenn erlittenes Leid durch Kriegserlebnisse, Unfälle oder eine frühe Trennung von den Eltern an die nächste Generation weitervererbt wurde.

Vor 10 Jahren erschien dieses Buch und wurde zum "Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" der Handygeneration. Drogenstrich, Missbrauch, Leben in einer Parallelwelt zu der behaglichen bürgerlichen. Was uns Natascha zu erzählen hat, sollte niemanden ungerührt lassen. Gerade volljährig geworden, erzählt die Autorin von ihrer Kindheit im Heim, von den ersten Drogen mit zwölf und dem Drogenstrich, dem harten Leben zwischen Freiern, Zuhältern, Dealern und der Schule. Ungeschönt, unerbittlich ehrlich zeigt sie uns, wie das Leben in Deutschland auch aussehen kann, fernab von Behaglichkeit und Familie.

È difficile ammettere che una madre possa essere inadeguata o violenta nei confronti di suo figlio, perché una madre, per il senso comune, è necessariamente una buona madre. Eppure il trauma del maltrattamento materno, nelle sue varie declinazioni, segna non solo l'infanzia ma anche la vita adulta di un individuo, soprattutto quando la sofferenza è taciuta. Questo audiolibro dà voce alle vittime delle madri che feriscono. Aiuta a capire i meccanismi che scatenano il maltrattamento materno e quanto sia difficile guarirne anche da adulti.

Raus aus der Beziehungskrise. Die Kinder lernen laufen, aber in der Beziehung läuft nichts mehr? Mama schmeißt den Haushalt und Papa bringt das Geld nach Hause? Willkommen in der Familienfalle. Aus modernen, gleichberechtigten Partnern werden schneller traditionelle Familieneltern, als ihnen lieb ist. Häufig fallen Paare - zunächst unbemerkt - in alte Rollenmuster zurück, wenn das erste Kind geboren wird. Auf Dauer macht das beide unzufrieden. Kommt Ihnen bekannt vor?

Les larmes. Les coups. La violence verbale. L’abandon. À eux seuls, ces mots auraient pu décrire l’existence de Nancy Audet. Heureusement, il n’en est rien. Sur son chemin, la fillette maltraitée a croisé certaines personnes qui lui ont tendu la main, lui ont donné une chance d’être aimée, lui ont permis de retirer l’étiquette tenace de victime qui aurait pu lui coller à la peau.

On November 29, 1909, police were called to a ramshackle home in East Orange, New Jersey, where they found the emaciated body of 24-year-old Oceana "Ocey" Snead facedown in the bathtub - dead of an apparent suicide by drowning. There was even a note left behind. But it would not take authorities long to discover that Ocey's death was no suicide. And Ocey's own mother and two aunts were far from the sorrowful caretakers they appeared to be.

More than just a book full of the latest information, this is a dynamic, interactive, and personalized journey of recovery for those impacted by adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Finally, they can put their past behind them where it belongs! For those who have grown up in a family with addiction, mental illness, or other adverse childhood experiences (ACES), the heartache and pain doesn't end when they grow up and leave home.

On a winter morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: Foster home children beaten - and nobody's helping. Dorgan, who had been working with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was distressed. He flew to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to meet with five-year-old Tamara and her grandfather. They became friends. Then she disappeared. And he would search for her for decades until they finally found each other again.

Ryan and Phil had always been inseparable. Twins born 35 minutes apart, Ryan was the protective one, constantly looking out for his younger brother. They can't remember how old they were when the abuse started, but they can remember their uncle very clearly. A frequent visitor to their home in Lincoln, he lavished their family with expensive treats. School holidays and weekends were spent visiting him, when he would often take the two little boys aside to play the games he liked. Trapped with him, day after day, year after year, the abuse continued until Ryan and Phil turned 16.

In 1976, Francis Beaumont spirited 11-year-old Kim Chown and her brother away from their mother to Africa, where he had taken a job as a university lecturer. There, behind a veneer of respectability, he terrorised and brutalised his own child, Kim, sexually and emotionally abusing her several times a day. Only aged 20 did Kim feel able to escape from him, descending into alcoholism, after her siblings and mother refused to help her seek justice. But after almost ending her own life, Kim fought back.