Summary: A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD COL

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD COL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE COL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PUR

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: A grown woman confronts an older man, her former neighbor, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship when she was thirteen.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Vision Films 2018

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNA

Summary: François Ozon's gripping drama follows three men who band together to dismantle the code of silence that continues to protect a priest who abused them decades ago. Based on events from the 2019 conviction of Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon for concealing the conduct of Father Bernard Preynat, the film compassionately illustrates the varying effects of trauma on survivors and their families...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BY

Summary: A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOM

Negendank, Megan

Summary: "In Loving Someone Who Has Sexual Trauma, a sex therapist offers self-compassion and attachment-based communication skills to help readers nurture intimacy and trust, and cultivate a more secure relationship with a partner who has experienced past sexual trauma. In the book, readers will learn powerful, trauma-informed techniques to help them understand the full impact of their partner's past...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.883 NEG

Greenwood, T. (Tammy)

Summary: Camden, NJ, 1948. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that Frank LaSalle, fresh out of prison, is watching her, preparing to make his move. Accosting her outside the store, Frank convinces Sally that he's an FBI agent who can have her arrested unless she does as he says. Over the next two years Frank mentally and physically...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRE

McCoy, Memu

Summary: "'You Can Tell Me' is a guide for parents establishing a foundation for their children to learn and understand how to identify and communicate about inappropriate touching or behaviors. It is critical for parents to establish a haven and a clearly identifiable communication channel that allows their children to freely express their experiences of inappropriate touching or behaviors. This book...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Memu Inspires LLC. 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.76 MCC

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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 362.76 MCC

Gil, Teresa

Summary: This book highlights the resilient capacities of mothers who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and gives them the opportunity to break their silence, share their struggles, and give voice to their experiences, pains, and triumphs. By offering their stories, Teresa Gil sheds light on the challenges of mothering after childhood sexual abuse.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 GIL

Summary: "Inspired by the global #MeToo Movement, Drawing Power : Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival is a collection of original, nonfiction comics drawn by more than 60 female cartoonists from around the world. Featuring such noted creators as Emil Ferris, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, MariNaomi, Liana Finck, and Ebony Flowers the anthology's contributors comprise a diverse group of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams ComicArts 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.883 DRA

Leon, Jesse

Summary: "In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesus Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, gang life, and substance abuse. Born to indigenous working-class Mexican immigrants in San Diego in the 1970s, Jesus Leon's childhood was violently ruptured. A dangerous and harrowing encounter at a local gift shop...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LEON LEO

Ghafoerkhan, Olivia

Summary: Provides strategies, tool, and resources to help readers cope with sexual violence, and outlines ways in which they can get the help they need.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 362.8 GHA