6 Best abuse books like I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival by Gwen Wilson

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I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

By: Gwen Wilson

3.72

Format: None pages, MP3 CD

Rape, teen pregnancy, illegitimacy, domestic abuse - in 1970s Australia all were shameful secrets t…

If you liked the abuse plot in I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival by Gwen Wilson , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Trafficked

By: Sophie Hayes

3.93

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

When Sophie Hayes met Bledi she knew he'd change her life – but she had no idea how much. At first,… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hayes's Trafficked book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
"...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at some of those girls and see only the alienation and disaffection that hide…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

"Part of the problem was that I couldn't seem to get past the fact that I hadn't tried to escape from Kas. Even in France, when he'd left me on my own for several days, I'd carried on working [as a pr…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

"It's easy to dismiss girls who work on the streets as deadbeats or drug addicts without ever thinking about why they're working as prostitutes. And the truth is that many of them have been trafficked…"

-Sophie Hayes, Trafficked

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2. A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3)

By: Dave Pelzer

4.32

Format: 285 pages,

More About Dave A Man Named Daveis the conclusion to a trio of autobiographical books by Dave Pelze… read more

Similar categories in Dave Pelzer's A Man Named Dave (Dave Pelzer #3) book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
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3. The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2)

By: Dave Pelzer

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The Lost Boy" is the harrowing but ultimately uplifting true story of a boy's journey through the … read more

Similar categories in Dave Pelzer's The Lost Boy (Dave Pelzer #2) book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • abuse

4. Saving Danny

By: Cathy Glass

3.80

Format: 8 pages, Paperback

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation a… read more

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5. Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life

By: Cathy Glass

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in h… read more

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6. Mummy Knew

By: None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Four-year-old Lisa's world turned upside down when her step-father moved in. Most of the time he wa… read more

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7. Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own

By: Cathy Glass

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

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8. The Mother

By: Jane Caro

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just somet… read more

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"There's no need to charm your mother, she thought. Which is both a compliment and a burden."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

"The pall bearers were holding Pete's coffin, waiting to walk down the aisle—just like bridesmaids. The music began and they started to move, trying to keep pace with David Bowie's 'Changes'."

-Jane Caro, The Mother

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9. Happy As

By: Larry Emdur

4.27

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Long before the game shows and morning TV, Larry Emdur was just Larry, a cheeky kid from Bondi who … read more

Similar categories in Larry Emdur's Happy As book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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10. A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

By: Paige Dearth

4.58

Format: 491 pages, Kindle Edition

A child’s life ruined by her parent’s addiction. A sister’s vow that can’t be broken. First came… read more

Similar categories in Paige Dearth's A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2) book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • abuse
"Ain’t easy for a child to use their free will when adults dance with the devil."

-Paige Dearth, A Little High (Rainey Paxton, #2)

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11. A Spark of Light

By: Jodi Picoult

3.75

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center—a women’s reproductive health services clinic… read more

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"This is what it means to be human. We are all just canvases for our scars."

-Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

"And naturally she wanted to believe she would have been a hero, when push came to shove. But you never knew what path you'd take until you got to that crossroads."

-Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

"Heroes did not always swoop in to rescue. They made questionable calls. They lived with doubts. They replayed and edited and imagined different outcomes. They killed, sometimes, to save."

-Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

"And oh, it had been delicious-- the way Wren's cheeks had gone pink when she held his name in her mouth; how she talked about him as if there had never been another boy on earth. What love looked lik…"

-Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light

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12. Mummy, Please Don’t Leave

By: Casey Watson

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together…… read more

Similar categories in Casey Watson's Mummy, Please Don’t Leave book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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13. A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story.

By: Cathy Glass

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened… read more

Similar categories in Cathy Glass's A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • abuse
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14. Silent Night

By: Danielle Steel

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms he… read more

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15. I'm Not Broken

By: Jesse Leon

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Leon's I'm Not Broken book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • biography
  • memoir
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • abuse
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16. I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

By: Gwen Wilson

3.72

Format: None pages, MP3 CD

Rape, teen pregnancy, illegitimacy, domestic abuse - in 1970s Australia all were shameful secrets t… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival book and Gwen Wilson's I Belong to No One: One woman's true story of family violence, forced adoption and ultimate triumphant survival

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adoption
  • autobiography
  • nonfiction
  • abuse

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3.93

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4.30

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Shaka Senghor

3.86

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3.76

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4.26

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