Book
Invisible girls : speaking the truth about sexual abuse
Record details
- ISBN: 1580058604
- ISBN: 9781580058605
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Physical Description:
xxv, 383 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: Newly Updated and Revised Edition, Third edition.
- Publisher: New York : Seal Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Revised edition of Invisible girls, c2009 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Who we are and how we got here -- Ask Dr. Patti : answers to girls' questions about sexual abuse -- Crossing over : girlhood to womanhood -- Troubled families : daughters betrayed -- Finding your truth : facing the emotional aftershocks and the beginning of healing -- Before we open the box -- Girls' genius: how girls get through the actual abuse experience (Zinnia's story, Lily's story) -- Opening Pandora's box: girls tell their stories -- The deepest wound : father-daughter incest (coral's story, garnet's story) -- Too close for comfort : other incest-brothers, cousins, uncles, stepfathers (Topaz's story, Sage's story) -- Trusting the wrong men : abuse by teachers, coaches, clergy (ivy's -- Story) -- Pushed too far : acquaintance sexual abuse (Amber's story, Jasmine's story) -- Rape always hurts: stranger rape/date rape/gang rape (Iris's story, Dahlia's story) -- Stop calling us whores: prostitution is sexual abuse (Ruby rose's -- Story) -- The road back -- Different paths to healing -- Supportive families speak out (Pearl's story, Jannie's mother's story, Emily's mother's story) -- Finding your support posse -- Invisible no more: Zinna, Lily, Coral, Garnet, Topaz, Sage, Ivy, Jasmine, Iris, Dalia, Pearl, Ruby Rose -- Five years of emails and letters from around the world : girls and mothers reach out -- Afterword: letter to readers from an incest survivor : how I learned to love -- Resource center -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Sexual abuse victims United States Teenage girls Abuse of United States Sexual abuse victims Rehabilitation United States |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Parkland Community Library | YA 362.76082 FEU (Text) | 34422007120658 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hughes Library | 362.76082 FEU (Text) | 32378004749885 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
