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"A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive. It's been eight years since Sara Lancaster left her home in Savannah, Georgia. Eight years since her daughter, Alana, came into this world, following a terrifying sexual assault that left deep emotional...
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"In Missoula, Krakauer chronicles the searing experiences of several women in Missoula -- the nights when they were raped; their fear and self-doubt in the aftermath; the way they were treated by the police, prosecutors, defense attorneys; the public vilification and private anguish; their bravery in pushing forward and what it cost them."--Book jacket.
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On a rainy Southern night, Jade Sperry endured a young woman's worst nightmare at the hands of three local hell-raisers. Robbed of her youthful ideals and at the center of scandal and tragedy, Jade ran as far and as fast as she could. But she never forgot the sleepy company town where every man, woman, and child was dependent on one wealthy family. And she never forgot their spoiled son, who, with his two friends, changed her life forever. Someday,...
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A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet...
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One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been repeatedly violated in the night by demons coming to punish them for their sins. Now that the women have learned they were in fact drugged and attacked by a group of men from their own community, they are determined to protect themselves and their daughters...
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"In 2009, college sophomore and track star Monika K�rra was grabbed by three men on her way home from a party and brutally raped. Within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim--she was going to be a survivor. Monika shares how she made herself whole again after the attack, describing the combination of mental, spiritual, and physical work that helped her heal. Kill the Silence is a gripping read about one woman's...
8) Take it back
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"From author Kia Abdullah, Take It Back is a harrowing and twisting courtroom thriller that keeps you guessing until the last page is turned. One victim. Four accused. Who is telling the truth? Zara Kaleel, one of London's brightest legal minds, shattered the expectations placed on her by her family and forged a brilliant legal career. But her decisions came at a high cost, and now, battling her own demons, she has exchanged her high profile career...
9) Speak
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A traumatic event near the end of the summers has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
10) The tenth circle
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When the daughter of a comic book artist claims she has been raped at a party and her friends turn against her, she runs away to Alaska and her father must face his own violent past as he tries to find her.
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When she is seventeen Madeline Williams is assaulted and becomes pregnant by John David Billings, the son of a wealthy rancher. She decides to leave town, and all she loves, to raise the child on her own. Years later she returns with her child and hears that John David is on trial for assualting other women. Should she testify and put him away for good, or protect her daughter from the truth? She has trusted God throughout her entire life, but can...
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Whiskey Creek novels volume 4
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"Adelaide Davies, who's been living in Sacramento, returns to Whiskey Creek, the place she once called home. She's there to take care of her aging grandmother and to help with Gran's restaurant, Just Like Mom's. But Adelaide isn't happy to be back. There are too many people here she'd rather avoid, people who were involved in that terrible June night fifteen years ago. Ever since the graduation party that changed her life, she's wanted to go to the...
13) The sky is mine
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Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame.Her mum Steph and best friend Grace have always been there to save her. But with one under the control of her stepfather and the other caught in the throes of new love, Izzy is falling between the cracks.As threats to her safety grow, Izzy wants to scream. But first she must find her voice.And if the sky is the limit, then the sky is hers.[This book contains material...
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Sexual assault continues to plague college campuses, workplaces, and homes. It is a crime that is too often kept secret or swept under the rug, but more and more survivors are making their voices heard. Each section of this modern comprehensive guide will take the reader through what defines sexual assault, where it occurs, people who are affected, safety guidelines, how colleges deal with sexual assault, why it's not reported, prosecution, and recovery...
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Kinsey Millhone mysteries volume 25
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"The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate--and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state's evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader...
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Rape Culture and Sexual Violence covers the history of societies' views on rape, significant incidents from recent years, and the ways in which women are fighting against rape culture today. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index.
17) The blooding
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This is an account "of two British sex murders and the police hunt forthe killer. The title stems from a procedure of genetic fingerprinting detected by examining blood samples, and used by the police to catch the murderer.Armed with the new discovery for detection, the police launched a . . . driveto 'fingerprint' men in the Narborough village area."
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The story behind the unlikely friendship which developed between the accused rapist Ronald Cotton--who served eleven years in prison for a crime he didn't commit--and his accuser, Jennifer Thompson, raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept.
19) Child of grace
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For faithful readers of Christian-based fiction, the name Lori Copeland is synonymous with inspiring, well-crafted tales. Child of Grace brings listeners to Cullen's Corner, where there are two types of people: those who live and die without straying far from home and those who get out at the first opportunity -- and never come back. So when Eva Jean returns to Cullen's Corner 18 years after putting the town in her rearview mirror, it's apparent her...
20) The night swim
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Rachel Krall investigations volume 1
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"In The Night Swim, a new thriller from Megan Goldin, author of the "gripping and unforgettable" (Harlen Coben) The Escape Room, a true crime podcast host covering a controversial trial finds herself drawn deep into a small town's dark past and a brutal crime that took place there years before. After the first season of her true crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is now a household name-and the last...