11 must-read nonfiction books like Our Father's Secret: The true story of three Irish girls' struggle against abuse and their fight for justice by Joyce Kavanagh

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Our Father's Secret: The true story of three Irish girls' struggle against abuse and their fight for justice

By: Joyce Kavanagh

4.30

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story of abuse. Three sisters. A shattered Irish childhood.Joyce, June and Paula Kavanagh we…

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1. When Rabbit Howls

By: Truddi Chase , None

4.04

Format: 400 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Truddi Chase began therapy to discover why she suffered from blackouts. What surfaced was terrifyin… read more

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"I cherished her individuality, that spark of independence no child should lose to life's restrictions and parameters."

-Truddi Chase, When Rabbit Howls

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2. Slave: My True Story

By: Damien Lewis , Mende Nazer

4.27

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horr… read more

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3. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

By: Deborah Rodriguez

3.67

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

From the author of the memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life:… read more

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"Miluješ, zemřeš a mezitím se snažíš žít, jak nejlíp dokážeš."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

"Remember that life is short and full of surprises. If you wait too long, opportunities fade like setting sun."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

"The moon is made round by the right hand of God. The moon is made crescent by His left. But it is God’s heart that makes my love for you forever."

-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

4. Damaged: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Forgotten Child

By: Cathy Glass

2.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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5. Fractured

By: None

4.36

Format: 524 pages, Paperback

Ruth Dee is one of the most extraordinary people you will ever meet. She is 50 years old, and was f… read more

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6. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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7. American Black Widow

By: Gregg Olsen

3.75

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more

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8. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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9. The Guilty Couple

By: C.L. Taylor

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was wrongfully convicted of plotting to murder her husband. No… read more

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10. Guard Her With Your Life

By: Joy Ellis

3.97

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

A GRIPPING NEW STANDALONE THRILLER FROM MULTI-MILLION SELLING AUTHOR JOY ELLIS. Detective Sam H… read more

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11. The Sister Under the Stairs

By: Steena Holmes

4.09

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this is a revised edition of Lies We Tell Ourselves. My twin sister disappeared twel… read more

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12. The Lost Girls of St Ann’s

By: Cath Staincliffe

4.23

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

Please note this book was previously published as Trio. Manchester, 1960. When you’re young, … read more

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13. Very Very Lucky

By: Amanda Prowse

4.37

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

A life-affirming story from million-copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse about having it all, losi… read more

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14. Picking up the Pieces

By: Amanda Prowse

4.34

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

In this heart-warming story from million copy bestselling author Amanda Prowse, Nora has given up o… read more

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15. The Perfect Husband

By: Danielle Ramsay

4.12

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you know if you've married the wrong person? It was a whirlwind romance and we had the perf… read more

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16. Someone in the Attic

By: Andrea Mara

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family wh… read more

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"People trust people with dogs. They do. There’s an inherent belief that dog people are good people."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

"They’re keen to help and intrigued too, she can see, in that way people are when there’s drama but no personal risk."

-Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

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17. One Christmas Eve

By: Shari Low

4.40

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

The festive release from #1 bestseller Shari Low! Unwrap this festive tale of complicated families,… read more

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18. Let Me In

By: Claire McGowan

4.10

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes the story of a young couple who are about to disc… read more

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19. A Greek Island Escape

By: Kate Frost

4.42

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a Greek escape be the start of something special? Xanthe Fox has it all: a famous, drop-dead… read more

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20. All Good Things

By: Amanda Prowse

3.88

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

In this captivating story from the bestselling author of Picking up the Pieces, Daisy has always en… read more

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21. The Asylum

By: Carol Minto

4.46

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

For 46 years, Carol Minto has quietly gone about her life, carrying with her the most extraordin… read more

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22. Please Protect Us

By: Toni Maguire

4.53

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

From No.1 bestselling author Toni Maguire comes a new true story of shame, silence, abuse and survi… read more

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23. A Mother’s Hope for the Cornish Girls (The Cornish Girls #4)

By: Betty Walker

4.57

Format: 382 pages, ebook

Can the bonds of motherhood give them the strength they’ll need to get through the war? St Ives,… read more

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24. Girl in the Tunnel: My Story of Love and Loss as a Survivor of the Magdalene Laundries

By: Maureen Sullivan

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

When Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being phy… read more

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25. An Innocent Baby: Why would anyone abandon little Darcy-May?

By: Cathy Glass

4.58

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

When foster carer, Cathy Glass, is asked to foster Darcy-May, a two-day old baby, she is very conce… read more

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26. Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy

By: caryn walker

4.15

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy is the moving true story of one man's horrific campaign of abuse agains… read more

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"If you only have your voice, you have your voice - and it is powerful."

-caryn walker, Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy

"Our scars make us who we are: let's wear them proudly and throw this shame aside because it was never ours to bear' "Tell me you're sorry, Daddy" (P:187)"

-caryn walker, Tell Me You're Sorry, Daddy

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27. A Family Secret: My Shocking True Story of Surviving a Childhood in Hell

By: Maureen Wood

4.51

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Each time my mother laid a finger on me… it was another step into the jaws of hell. Her abuse, mor… read more

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28. The Bad Room: Held Captive and Abused by My Evil Carer. A True Story of Survival.

By: Jade Kelly

4.44

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer… read more

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29. Abused to Death 2

By: Jessica Jackson

4.71

Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition

Can we save children from abuse and murder? Every week in the UK, 2 children are abused to death, a… read more

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30. We Have A Voice

By: Louise Moultrie

4.36

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

This is me, this is my story of abuse in the home and how the trauma has impacted my young and adul… read more

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31. Our Father's Secret: The true story of three Irish girls' struggle against abuse and their fight for justice

By: Joyce Kavanagh

4.30

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A true story of abuse. Three sisters. A shattered Irish childhood.Joyce, June and Paula Kavanagh we… read more

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Mark Edwards

4.03

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Amanda Prowse

4.37

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4.30

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Dandy Smith

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