Family & Relationships, Dysfunctional Families
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Where Are You Mom?
"Touched By Evil" by Anne-Marie Mac Donald Courtemanche and Sharon Dorival
When Anne-Marie Courtemanche was a little girl, she fell victim to a sadistic step-father, who physically and sexually abused her and her little sister and savagely beat their emotionally-withdrawn mother and siblings. Then her mother fled the...
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B'witched
by Victoria G. Parnham
Word hit a child as hard as a fist. I know because I lived with a wicked witch, whom I called mother, for nearly twenty years. The hurt, pain and suffering caused by constant criticism, belittling and insulting behavior takes many years to get...
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Emotional Torture
A Memoir of Addiction, Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma by Beth Nanson
Emotional Torture – a deeply touching and vulnerable memoir of addiction, mental health, and recovery. Beth grows up in a seemingly idyllic fashion that comprised of big family get-togethers, unforgettable trips with friends, life-changing...
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Maman, Où es-tu?
La Main du Diable by Anne-Marie Mac Donald Courtemanche and Sharon Dorival
L’abus sexuel, la violence domestique, la prison, l’alcoolisme – Anne-Marie Courtemanche les a tous vécu et la plupart avant l'âge de quinze ans. Dans Maman, où es-tu ? elle partage son cheminement tissant ensemble une histoire de perte, de...
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Hopeless And Unwanted
by Susan Cambridge
This honest and raw memoir is not easy to read, but it should be deemed essential reading for anyone who works in the field of child welfare. Susan Cambridge’s childhood was horrendous. Unwanted and neglected, she was emotionally, verbally, and...
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Identifying The Wolf
Shedding Light on the Grooming Behaviours of Sexual Predators by Lisa Hilton
Identifying The Wolf Sexual predators love having power and control. Most are amoral and will do anything to ensure they have what they want. Through the author's own experiences and research, and by listening to the voices of victims, she has...
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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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The Other Path
by Corinne Jeffery
Alyssa Rainer is on the cusp of graduating as a registered nurse and has her whole life ahead of her. Yet she is torn between two alluring opportunities: starting her career while continuing her studies in Saskatoon, or relocating from Brandon to...
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Mea Culpa
A Plea Of Innocence by Bruno Cocorocchio
A powerful memoir that dives deep into the childhood and psyche of the author, Mea Culpa: A Plea of Innocence chronicles the lifelong struggle of a boy—and later a man—to gain his parents’ approval. Longing particularly to ease his mother’s...
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Jackson
by Lynn McLaughlin
Jackson’s battle to take control over his own mind and life portrays what millions of people are fighting with around the world – mental illness. His mother, desperate to free him from his demons and desperation, faces her own turmoil and...
