Child Abuse


A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)
The Glass Castle
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3)
Lolita
Bastard Out of Carolina
Damaged
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Living Dead Girl
Before We Were Yours
Educated
Sharp Objects
Naked by Stacey TrombleySold by Patricia McCormickTricks by Ellen HopkinsDime by E.R. FrankThe Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
Child Prostitution
101 books — 18 voters

Heart of Obsidian by Nalini SinghDeeper by Robin YorkAny Duchess Will Do by Tessa DareExposed by Arabella BlackBeauty and the Mustache by Penny Reid
Abusive Father in Romance
76 books — 25 voters
Annie's Song by Catherine AndersonLover Awakened by J.R. WardEasy by Tammara WebberDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasBlue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Best Traumatized Heroines
930 books — 850 voters

Jodi Picoult
I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't. ...more
Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

Aldous Huxley
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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