"Is it possible to become stronger and more beautiful after brokenness? How can we recover after being hurt or suffering abuse? What choices can help us transition from feeling like a victim to reclaiming our purpose and empowering our potential?Author and speaker Cathy Studer shares the steps she followed as she moved through her own pain of carrying shame, low self-worth, and humiliation after suffering six years of childhood sexual abuse. She models...

"Mallory Carlisle has her hands full dealing with financial troubles she's determine to hide, an absentee husband, two active daughters, and a family whose demands for loyalty border on the obsessive. Yet the most devastating secret of all--the one her family is desperate to keep buried--is the one that lurks in Mallory's subconscious. One day at a family gathering, long-suppressed memories come to the surface--forcing her, at last, to confront unbearable...

Meg Clairmonte sued her mother, brother and two priests for allowing her stepfather to abused her.

"Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist--an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in a cage, tortures her repeatedly, and uses her to quench his voracious and deviant sexual whims. Michelle can also pinpoint the moment she reconstituted...