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10 Excellent Memoirs about the Sexual Violence Survivor's Journey

Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voices of Survivors.  Excellent!  What is most unfortunate is that there ar

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Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voices of Survivors.  Excellent!  

What is most unfortunate is that there are so many out there.  This week I gathered up a cross section of a few memoirs that I have read about the healing journey.  Each one is truly authentic.  I don’t think that any two are the same.  

While it isn’t “good” that they had to endure such an inhumane level of pain and suffering, I think that by that last sentence, you might come away inspired.

Here is a list of 10.

Feel free to write to us and suggest others along with why you think readers might gain something from your suggested title.

 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Dr. Maya Angelou



           Foxy: My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier






Subject of the post: What a Difference a Voice Makes


Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor by Donnie McClurkin




 Cry the Darkness: One Woman’s Triumph Over the Tragedy of Incest




Confessions of a Trauma Therapist by Mary K. Armstrong





The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of Abuse Among Jehovah’s Witnesses by Joy Castro



Silent No More: Victim 1’s Fight Against Jerry Sandusky by Aaron Fisher



  

The Streets, My Cradle by Jennifer Lynn Jackson


Invisible Target:  Breaking the Cycle of Educator Sexual Abuse by Andrea Clemens

 


I told you, just a few. 

Please make your recommendations. 

What have you read? 

What memoirs do you think other Survivors will benefit from reading?







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