I just read “The House of My Mother” and was blown away by how much of the author’s experience resonated with me. It genuinely felt like, for the first time, I was able to understand that I wasn’t alone and making my feelings about my own abusive childhood up. Can anyone suggest me similar books that discuss child abuse- either during or after the fact. Also, preferably nonfiction! Thank you in advance!
by marsymoony
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this is a popular one but if you haven’t read it yet- a child called it, i bawled my eyes out through the whole thing
House of Evil The Indiana Torture Slaying by John Dean
I’m Glad My Mom Is Dead by Jeannette McCurdy and Educated by Tara Westover
Pervert
Its fiction, but Normal by Anthony Ledger kinda fits the bill. It’s written journal entry style, and has a lot of bits about childhood trauma, that bled over into adult life. It reads like non-fiction though. It’s a dark, intense read.
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. Perry
What my bones know. Author has been diagnosed with c-ptsd from her abusive upbringing and talks about her abuse how it effected her and her journey with emdr on working through her trauma
Verity by Colleen hoover…I actually had to stop reading it because I was so disgusted because I was postpartum reading it.
It’s definitely fiction and not the kind of child abuse your probably thinking but oh it’s in there.
It’s such a quick read. I highly recommend
There are a few books about sylvia likens. Not sure which one is the best
A Child Called It 😢
I suggest Toxic Parents by Craig Buck, a non-fiction to help you sort through it all.
These are in the healing end of things but might still interest you.
Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery
(2020) by Catherine Gildiner
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity(2018) by Nadine Burke Harris
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, Or Self-Involved Parents (2015) by Lindsay Gibson
Dark places by Gillian Flynn, Malice by Keigo Higashino, Genesis by Chris Carter has a child abuse theme!