Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 7, 2012 · 2 Comments
Category Book Review · Tagged with activist, books, Charles Dickens, child abuse, Christmas Carol, Dickens 2012, Dickens Bicentenary, emPOWERment, Gad's Hill Place, Google's Dickens Doodle, Morgan Library, Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Pickwick Papers, survivor stories, Tale of Two Cities, The Raven
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hold on tightly to the things you love and get rid of the things you don’t. – Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb, Today Show co-host, Dateline correspondent, and breast cancer survivor, has learned lessons that I think will help those of us who are wearing purple. It only takes one person to change your life. – Hoda … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with abuse recovery, Book Review, books, breast cancer, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, HodaKotb, Jay Blumenkopf, Kathie Lee Gifford, self-care, Today
Catherine Lanigan I would like to believe that for each woman who picks up one of my books, if her life is in turmoil or chaos, something in the book will help guide her through the turmoil. I hope my books are a catalyst, a gentle yet firm push, in the right direction. – Catherine … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with abuse recovery, activist, Book Review, books, Catherine Lanigan, Divine Nudges, domestic violence, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, Evolving Woman, Jewel of the Nile, Romancing the Stone, self-care, survivor stories, Violence and Abuse
Cheryl Burke Find your passion. Once you do, nothing can stop you. – Cheryl Burke Dancing with the Stars champion and entrepreneur Cheryl Burke is a survivor of childhood sexual molestation and dating abuse. She has recounted her experiences in chapter five of her memoir Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with abuse recovery, Book Review, books, Cheryl Burke, Dancing with the Stars, dating abuse, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, emPOWERment, sexual abuse, sexual molestation, survivor stories
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Richard North Patterson I mean to root out this system of legalized bribery where all of us sell pieces of the government like shares of stock. – Richard North Patterson Richard North Patterson has written three legal thrillers about child abuse survivor President Kerry Kilcannon: No Safe Place, Protect and Defend, and Balance of Power. A … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with Abortion, abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Futures Without Violence, litigation abuse, Protect and Defend, Richard North Patterson, right to privacy
Presidential mothers from FDR to Bill Clinton have one thing in common: they invested heavily in their sons. Some loved more unconditionally than others. Many were wealthy and well-educated. And, several were married to abusive men. First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonnie Angelo is one of the most fascinating books I’ve read. Who … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with Bill Clinton, Bonnie Angelo, Book Review, books, child abuse, domestic violence, Dorothy Gardner King Ford, Dorothy Walker Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, First Mothers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Gerald R. Ford, Hannah Milhous Nixon, Harry Truman, Ida Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Lillian Carter, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martha Young Truman, Nelle Reagan, presidential mothers, Rebekah Baines Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Sara Roosevelt, Virginia Kelley
Alice Hoffman I bought Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman because I was entranced by the movie starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. The first section of the book ~ Superstition ~ is so boring that I almost abandoned the book just when it was about to get good. Superstition Sally Owens [Sandra Bullock] and … Read more
FLDS leader Warren Jeff’s trial started today in San Angelo, Texas. The San Angelo Standard-Times reports he is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. It appears his attorneys are using every possible legal maneuver to avoid a trial. The charges stem largely from the raid on the YFZ Ranch as well … Read more
Category Book Review, DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, child abuse, domestic violence, Elissa Wall, emotional abuse, faith-based response to DV, polygamy, Rulon Jeffs, San Angelo Standard-Times, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect Becoming a Teenage Bride and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs, Warren Jeff, YFZ Ranch
All of the major characters in Jodi Picoult’s Picture Perfect survived childhood shizza. Alexander Riveaux from New Orleans becomes blockbuster, heart throb actor Alex Rivers, who won several Oscars for his film about a man who beat his wife before tanking his career: He left his childhood in a puddle on a back lot at Paramount and re-created himself … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with addiction, Book Review, books, child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, family dysfunction, incest, Jodi Picoult, Picture Perfect, sexual abuse, sexual molestation
The Goodbye Quilt by my favorite author Susan Wiggs began as therapy. Ms. Wiggs dropped her beloved daughter Elizabeth off at college and had an empty nest meltdown. On her blog, Ms. Wiggs told visitors: I wrote The Goodbye Quilt because it was cheaper than therapy. Honestly, I did not expect my daughter’s departure from home … Read more
Category Book Review · Tagged with abuse recovery, Atlas & Campbell, Book Review, books, Elizabeth Wiggs Maas, How I Planned Your Wedding, Joan Vassiliadis, parenting, Quilt, re-parenting skills, Susan Wiggs, The Goodbye Quilt
