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American Daughter: A Memoir
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American Daughter

By Stephanie Thornton Plymale , Elissa Wald ,

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Simon Sort Of Says
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Simon Sort Of Says

By Erin Bow ,

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My Heart Is a Chainsaw
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My Heart Is a Chainsaw

By Stephen Graham Jones ,

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The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story
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The Burning Light of Two Stars

By Laura Davis ,

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Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds
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Healing Collective Trauma

By Thomas Hübl , Julie Jordan Avritt ,

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Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good
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Call of the Wild

By Kimberly Ann Johnson ,

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The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD
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The End of Trauma

By George Bonanno ,

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Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.
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Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.

By Joyce Carol Oates ,

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Tuning the Human Biofield: Healing with Vibrational Sound Therapy
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Tuning the Human Biofield

By Eileen Day McKusick ,

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Hideaway
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Hideaway

By Nora Roberts ,

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Ripple Effect
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Ripple Effect

By N.A. Cooper ,

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The Daughter
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The Daughter

By Liz Webb ,

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Moments of Silence: The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok
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Moments of Silence

By Thongchai Winichakul ,

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Wrecked Palace
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Wrecked Palace

By Catherine Cowles ,

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I Love You When You're Angry
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I Love You When You're Angry

By Erin Winters , Kaitin Bucher (illustrator) ,

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Dark August
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Dark August

By Katie Tallo ,

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Find Me
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Find Me

By Anne Frasier ,

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You Are Not Your Mother: Releasing Generational Trauma and Shame
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You Are Not Your Mother

By Karen C.L. Anderson ,

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Tell Me I'm Worthless
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Tell Me I'm Worthless

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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

By Tsering Yangzom Lama ,

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Burn Down, Rise Up
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Burn Down, Rise Up

By Vincent Tirado ,

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In My Grandfather's Shadow: A story of war, trauma and the legacy of silence
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In My Grandfather's Shadow

By Angela Findlay ,

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Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma: Concepts and Psychotherapy
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Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma

By Ken Benau ,

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We Can Never Leave This Place
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We Can Never Leave This Place

By Eric Larocca ,

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Hummingbird Season
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Hummingbird Season

By Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic ,

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Gone Wolf
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Gone Wolf

By Amber McBride ,

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Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors and Therapists
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Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma

By Janina Fisher ,

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Like Mother, Like Daughter
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Like Mother, Like Daughter

By Kimberly McCreight ,

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Lola
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Lola

By Karla Arenas Valenti ,

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Third Class Relics
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Third Class Relics

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Soulbroken: A Guidebook for Your Journey Through Ambiguous Grief
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Soulbroken

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Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong: And Other Things You Need to Know to Take Back Your Life
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Unbroken

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The Last Girls Standing
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The Last Girls Standing

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