Biography & Autobiography, Survival
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Surviving Magnelia Monsoon
Beyond 1215 and the Bottle by Maggie Jansen
The seeds of alcoholism are often planted deep in the shadows of childhood, growing silently and unnoticed until it inevitably blooms into an active problem that can derail and destroy lives, careers, and families. Surviving Magnelia Monsoon: Beyond ...
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Don't Ever Call Me Mother
Homeless In My Own Home by Helen Martin
The first six years of Helen Martin’s life, living on a Saskatchewan farm in the 1950s, were idyllic. But everything changed when her mother passed away. The sudden and inexplicable cruelty and neglect that Helen endured at the hands of her ...
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22nd
Some Days Will Change Your Life by Anita J. Bramer
All her life, Anita Bramer was looking for answers. After the death of her father at age ten, she struggled to understand the difficult emotions associated with grief. This devastating loss created a ripple effect on the rest of her life, as she ...
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Not My Kind of Mennonite
by Maria Moore
On a cold and snowy night in January 1972, George Peters was shot by his brother-in-law and left to die on a back road in rural Ontario. The investigation and trial of his murder would tell a story that compelled a jury to let his killer walk free. ...
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A Broken and Crushed Heart Restored
Surviving in a Dysfunctional Home by Helene M DeWitt
I was raised to be fearful; and then rejected for being fearful plus I have Tourette syndrome; I was made to believe I was a complete failure no matter which way I went. A Broken and Crushed Heart Restored follows Helene M DeWitt’s recovery from the ...
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Learn Grow Go
An Account of Narcissistic Abuse and the Road Out by Mrs. O. Boy
“Narcissists cannot love you,” writes Mrs. O. Boy, “because they do not love themselves.” With insight, openness, and honesty comes one woman’s story of how she survived an abusive, codependent relationship with a narcissist. Learn, Grow, Go is an ...
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Natural Light
My Odyssey and Transformation in the Wild by Greg Dandeneau
After a childhood of poverty, Greg gorged on the wisdom of business courses, motivational speakers, and success gurus, and launched into business. But his financial world soon collapsed while numerous ended relationships convinced him he was also ...
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From The Shadows
Surviving the Depths of Mental Illness by E. Pauline Spurrell
After a joyful early childhood, E. Pauline Spurrell suffered trauma that led to unhinged teenage years and a turbulent adult life. She was diagnosed, and misdiagnosed, with numerous mental illnesses. She endured a seemingly endless cycle of ...
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Tim's Story
A Canadian Airman in World War II by Brian Buckley
Courage. Heroism. Endurance. These qualities are emblematic of the stories of thousands of Canadians who fought during World War II. Canadians like Tim Carlon, a young Montrealer who went off to war, doing his part in a global struggle whose legacy ...
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Scar Tissue
My Fight to Survive Multiple Intense Compound Traumas by Lucy Henson
A true story detailing a lifetime of toxic relationships and shocking abuses of every sort, which started in early childhood, Scar Tissue illustrates exactly how damaging unchecked anger, untreated mental illness, and familial disfunction can be to ...
