Download or read book Revolving Doors The True Account of the Full Spectrum of Fostering Abuses of a Boy Before Age Five written by Dawn Maree Ketteringham, B.A., M.A.Ed. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Revolving Doors" is an adult, autobiographical novel in which 'Richard', now in his sixties, recalls incidents of his nightmarish first five years of childhood, while fostered through seventeen residences as a ward of Toronto's "S.W.York Co. Children's Aid Society". From his perspective and understanding as a small child, he shares graphic details of memories of unspeakably perverse mistreatment, including perpetual neglect, abuse, molestation and worse. After years of counselling and treatment for ensuing, debilitating mental illnesses, "Richard" experienced a "black-out", resulting in the sudden awareness of long-buried, traumatic memories. The author furnishes vivid details of her brother's incredible story by interweaving his recollections, and relentless nightmares, with documentation from the organizations involved. It is "Richard's" most sincere desire that his story of ultimate survival might encourage similar abuse victims who may be searching for hope in facing and fighting their own "demons".
Download or read book RAPED PRESUMED INNOCENCE written by Dawn Maree Ketteringham, B.A., M.A.Ed. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RAPED!!! "PRESUMED INNOCENCE" is an adult autobiographical novel which graphically depicts Ms. Ketteringham's true memories of her childhood experience of having been deceived, lured, restrained and raped at 14. For over 50 years, these memories have haunted her thoughts and fueled her emotional roller-coaster. Details were gleaned from recurrent nightmares, hypnotherapy, psychotherapeutic hypnotic age regressions and journals. Courageously, desiring for cathartic release of pain, the author peers through snaking veils of her soul to confront her demons and understand memories of childhood abuse and sexual victimization imprinted onto her brain. This memoir is about the author's pain, resilience and hope-the miracle of her story. Sharing details of her sexual exploitation was the catalyst for the resulting abreaction which has set her soul free from agony's bondage. She hopes her courage may help other victims reconcile similar memories and move towards their personal psychological wellness.
Download or read book The Lost Boy written by Dave Pelzer and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lost Boy" is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love. This is Dave Pelzer's long-awaited sequel to "A Child Called 'It'." "The Lost Boy" is Pelzer's story -- a moving sequel and inspirational read for all.
Download or read book Recycled Childhood written by J C Pater and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could save a child's life? Each year, almost 700,000 American children are abused. Between four and seven kids die every day as a result of abuse or neglect. Child protective services, paralyzed by bureaucracy and relying on underpaid and overworked personnel, often do not intervene on time. Foster parents, the unsung heroes of the system, fight a lonely battle which they frequently lose. Children are tortured, starved, imprisoned, trafficked, or pushed into the foster to prison pipeline. This book will open your eyes and help you get involved. Scroll up and read it now.
Download or read book The Lost Boy written by Dave Pelzer and published by Everbind. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the foster-care system in search of a family to love."--Ingram
Download or read book Too Scared to Tell Abused and alone Oskar has no one A true story written by Cathy Glass and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.
Download or read book Secrets of the Blue Door written by Pierre L. Nichols and published by Mercury Heartlink. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Hacienda de los Muchachos Boys Ranch and the sexual abuse of the boys living there.
Download or read book Behind Closed Doors written by Maggie Hartley and published by Seven Dials. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's okay, lovely,' I soothed. 'You let it all out.' She sobbed and sobbed as all the fear came tumbling to the surface. Foster carer Maggie Hartley is finally enjoying a well-earned holiday from fostering, savouring time with her brand new baby granddaughter. One night, though, the peace and quiet is interrupted by an urgent call from Social Services. A man has been stabbed, and Social Services need to find an emergency placement for his little girl. Maggie is used to children arriving on her doorstep at all times of the day and night, but nothing can prepare her for the sight of eleven-year-old Nancy. The little girl arrives in her pyjamas, covered in blood, and mute with shock. With her mother missing and her father in intensive care, the police are desperate for answers. Who stabbed Nancy's father? Where is her mother? And what is Nancy hiding about her seemingly perfect family? The longer Maggie spends with her little girl, the clearer it becomes that all is not as it seems. Can Maggie discover the terrible truth of what's been happening behind closed doors? A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years. 'A moving read, very well-written' 5* Amazon reader review
Download or read book Damaged The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child written by Cathy Glass and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller.
Download or read book Mummy Told Me Not to Tell The true story of a troubled boy with a dark secret written by Cathy Glass and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged.
Download or read book A Forever Family written by Rob Scheer and published by Gallery/Jeter Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of The Promise of a Pencil and Kisses from Katie comes an inspirational memoir by the founder of Comfort Cases about his turbulent childhood in the foster care system and the countless obstacles and discrimination he endured in adopting his four children. Rob Scheer never thought that he would be living the life he is now. He’s happily married to his partner and love of his life, he’s the father of four beautiful children, and he’s the founder of an organization that makes life better for thousands of children in the foster care system. But life wasn’t always like this. Growing up in an abusive household before his placement in foster care, Rob had all the odds stacked against him. Kicked out of his foster family’s home within weeks after turning eighteen—with a year left of high school to go—he had to resort to sleeping in his car and in public bathrooms. He suffered from drug addiction and battled with depression, never knowing when his next meal would be or where he would sleep at night. But by true perseverance, he was able to find his own path and achieve his wildest dreams. “A heartwarming, hopeful memoir brimming with humanitarianism and compassion” (Kirkus Reviews), Rob’s story provides a glimpse into what it’s like to grow up in the foster care system, and sheds necessary light on the children who are often treated without dignity. Both a timely call to action and a courageous and candid account of life in the foster care system, A Forever Family ultimately leaves you with one message: one person can make a difference.
Download or read book Tiny Prisoners written by Maggie Hartley and published by Orion. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evie and Elliot are scrawny, filthy and wide-eyed with fear when they turn up on foster carer Maggie Hartley's doorstep. Aged just two and three years old, this brother and sister have hardly set foot outside their own home. They have been prisoners, locked in a terrifying world of abuse, violence and neglect. Maggie soon realises that Evie and Elliot are lacking the basic life skills we all take for granted. The outside world terrifies them; the sound of the doorbell sends them into a panic that takes hours to abate. Gradually unlocking the truth of their heart-breaking upbringing, Maggie tells their shocking true story. From emotionally scarred and damaged little children, we see how - with warmth and dedication - Maggie transforms their lives. As this moving story unfolds, we share Maggie's joy when these children finally smile again, when they realise they do have a future after all. A true story of hope from Sunday Times bestselling author Maggie Hartley, a foster carer for over 20 years. 'I truly recommend anyone to read her books' 5* reader review
Download or read book Hopeless in Seattle A Foster Kid s Manifesto written by Daniel J. Simms and published by Cadmus Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this explosive coming of age true story, the reader uncovers the foster care to prison pipeline firsthand. The story follows Daniel as he is abandoned, placed in a foster home, group home, and viciously abused therein. Unable to endure the pain, Daniel repeatedly runs away, living on the streets of Seattle, sleeping in newspaper bins, stolen cars, and wherever else he can lay his head. Before long, Daniel is stealing to survive, which leads him through the juvenile system, criminalization, and institutionalization. The reader is along for a ride that they will not soon forget.
Download or read book Fear of the Collar written by Patrick Touher and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent to an Industrial School in Dublin at the age of seven, Patrick Touher was forced into a tough regime of education and training, prayer and punishment, strict discipline and fearful nights. No allowances were made for emotion, sentiment or boyhood worries, and anyone who disturbed the routine was severely punished. Artane demanded absolute obedience, absolute submission; Patrick's was an education in cruelty and fear. Patrick Touher spent eight long years in Artane Industrial School. Run by the Christian Brothers, the school has become synonymous with the widespread abuse of children in Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s which is currently the subject of an official inquiry. This is the inside story of a childhood lived in the most horrific of circumstances. A moving and powerful true account, Fear of the Collar bears testament to the courage and determination of the children that society forgot.
Download or read book The Lost Boy written by Dave Pelzer and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author continues the story of his own child abuse, and his experiences being a foster child moving in and out of five different foster homes.
Download or read book 10 000 Hills written by C T Wilson Esq and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10,000 HILLS is about the life of a husband, a father of three daughters, an attorney, a former Chief Prosecutor, and a Maryland State Delegate. C. T. Wilson shares his experiences within the foster care system, and the abuse and neglect that he was forced to endure. Yet while he has silently shouldered the weight of his childhood, he still bears the scars of a lifetime of abuse and humiliation. C.T. provides a shockingly detailed recollection of his suffering to expose the true severity and frequency of child abuse. He explains how this horrific childhood has impacted his adult life by revealing the pain and difficulties that still affect his daily existence. He also shares the path that he has taken through the misery; how he became not just a survivor but someone who strives to better himself and improve the lives of those that still suffer. This manuscript has been produced with the hope of providing insight and a vision of healing to those who have to endure the unimaginable horrors of child abuse and to others who are still haunted by the victimization that has painted their past.
Download or read book Not a Statistic written by Jeremy Collier and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not a Statistic tells one child's struggle through an abusive and drug addicted family as he fight to not follow in their footsteps. When he is suddenly thrust into the foster system, he still has to fight to not follow in their foorsteps and push through everything thrown his way. Jeremy Collier's dramatic memoir reveals his battle through life and how he has come through some of the toughest situations and become triumphant. It is a story of someone fighitng for what he believes in and working to become a success in the life despite the odds weighing against him.
