This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games—games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer...

"From one of the most important contemporary American writers, Cardiff, by the Sea is a bold, haunting collection of four previously unpublished novellas. Starting with the title novella - in which a romantic-minded young art historian is led to (re)discover a terrifying trauma after inheriting property in faraway Cardiff, Maine - through to "The Surviving Child" - which finds the young new wife of a famous poet's widow haunted by the dead poet's...

Silent Violence engages the harsh reality of malaria and its effects on marginalized communities in Tanzania. Vinay R. Kamat presents an ethnographic analysis of the shifting global discourses and practices surrounding malaria control and their impact on the people of Tanzania, especially mothers of children sickened by malaria. Malaria control, according to Kamat, has become increasingly medicalized, a trend that overemphasizes biomedical and pharmaceutical...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “vivid and devastating” (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl—from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott
“From its first indelible pages to its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired, outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering for reimmersion in its Dickensian depths.”—Ayad...

"Miriam M. Brysk is a Holocaust child survivor from Warsaw, Poland. She was interned in the Lida ghetto in Belarus, then escaped with her parents and joined the nearby partisans in the Lipiczany forest. She came to America in 1947 with no previous formal education, yet went on to obtain her Ph. D. from Columbia University, and had a career as a scientist and medical school professor. After retiring, she became an artist and writer depicting the plight...

SuEllen and Paula Fried, pioneers in the field of child peer abuse, offer concrete information leading to the problem of bullying in our society and practical solutions to prevent it. These include early testing for physical problems that, left unresolved, can mark children for possible victimization; counseling solutions for children who are bullies, victims, or both; training for children in social skills, anger management, and conflict resolution....

Claire Silva began writing A Child's Heart Speaks : Surviving Sexual Abuse after she learned that her two children had been sexually abused by their older step-brother. The abuse was secretely committed at night while the family slept. A professional in the social service field, Silva was shocked to learn that there was little support for her family. In her struggle to learn how to help her dhildren and understand the trauma they had experienced...