Henry Carter Hull

"Opens doors to richer, more connected relationships by naming the elephant in the room 'Childhood Emotional Neglect'" (Harville Hendrix, PhD & Helen Lakelly Hunt, PhD, authors of the New York Times bestseller Getting the Love You Want ). Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect , many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN, has been weighing on them their entire...

Louise is called up again to step in and help young Sky. From the bestselling author of the foster care series - Thrown Away Children, comes a new challenge and a precious life to save.

Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the "boys' law" in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection. Realizing this sort of lifestyle will never...

This book is a story of abuse, love, hate, relationships, and forgiveness. Fay's life was full of heartache, pain, and sorrow but on reading it you meet a strong girl who won't be crushed, who will touch your heart, who will make you laugh and cry at the same time, you'll be angry for her, you'll want to protect her. She is a fighter there's no doubt, but she was damaged by the very ones who were supposed to protect and love her. The relationship...

12-year-old Josh is a mixed race boy and a promising baseball player. He is abused by his mother's boyfriend Byrd, and neglected by his mother Debbie. He forges his own path in life when his estranged grandfather insists he study for his Bar Mitzvah.

Joseph Stoyanovich writes children's books. From the adventures of Baxter Bear and Wally Warthog, he fashions clever morality tales with happy endings that delight his audience, but fill their creator with dismay. For Joseph Stoyanovich is a troubled man whose emptiness is hidden behind a number of elaborate facades.   Among his friends, he is the worldly, wise, and weary cynic; yet to the family of his half brother, Will, he is the indulgent, mild-mannered...

A New York Times Notable Book: "Examines the industrial revolution, the Vietnam War, racism and sexism, and the escapist dreams of genre fantasy. A truly great anti-fantasy." -China Miéville   Jane is trapped as a changeling in an industrialized Faerie ruled by aristocratic high elves and populated by ogres, dwarves, night-gaunts, and hags. She is the only human in a factory where underage forced labor builds cybernetic, magical dragons that are...

"When trauma occurs early in life, children do not develop the capacity to regulate their experience, to calm themselves down when they're upset, to soothe themselves, to interact in appropriate ways with other people, to learn from their behavior" Margaret Blaustein, PhD. The impact of abuse and neglect on children, on their behaviors, on their sense of self, and on their capacity to form attachments with new caregivers can pose challenges for foster...

In Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Cambodia, sexual tourism has become a booming industry. Men, women, and children prostitute themselves to survive in an economically ravaged country. A mostly Western male and female clientele, aficionados of exotic sex and even pedophiles use and abuse their financial superiority to satisy their basest desires.--Kanopy.

"An unforgettable memoir about one woman's story of overcoming neglect in the U.S. foster-care system and finding her place in the world. Drawing on her experience as one of society's abandoned children, Regina Louise tells how she emerged from the cruel, unjust system, not only to survive, but to flourish... After years of jumping from one fleeting, often abusive home to the next, Louise meets a counselor named Jeanne Kerr. For the first time in...