http://strongattheheart.com/blog A Book for Teens & Adults Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:13:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, this is the third novel about a young teen girl who escapes from forced marriage in a polygamist cult that has cross my desk in the space of a year. Keep Sweet, by Michele Dominguez Greene, is a good read. Like the other two I've reviewed here, ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2010/02/15/yet-another-escape-from-a-polygamist-cult/ Right now I am reading a brand new book The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse by Nancy Whittier. It's the first study of the movement to end child sexual abuse in the United States. And unlike the other books I've reviewed here, it is not for teens or ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2009/10/02/when-they-start-writing-the-history/ Two new young adult novels deal with teenage girls in polygamist cults. This is right from the headlines stuff, of course. The authors take very different approaches, in ways that are of interest to CSA survivors and anyone who has been exploited by organized groups. The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2009/04/27/escape-from-polygamist-cult/ As a survivor of childhood abuse, do you ever find yourself accommodating obnoxious behavior? Putting up with crap you really needn't? Do you trash yourself over it? Or do you give yourself a break? My friend poet Molly Fisk wrote and performed a fine radio segment on Stockholm ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2009/02/16/when-survivors-dont-speak-up/ I just stumbled on an excellent website with great resources for child advocates or for anyone concerned with child abuse/recovery/offender issues. Best Interests calls itself "a website for children's advocates" and it certainly is a great place for people like CASA volunteers, therapists and social workers. Survivors, too, find news ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2008/06/29/best-interests/ This weekend I'll be headed for Davis, California, to receive the Friend of the Child Award from young child abuse advocates. The Courageous Kids' Network is a group of young adults who speak out about their experiences being placed with abusive parents by family courts. Now that they are out of ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2008/04/12/sweet-award/ Twenty three years ago I wrote my first children's book about childhood sexual abuse, PROMISE NOT TO TELL. After it came out I received occasional heartfelt and touching letters, typed or handwritten, and forwarded to me by my editor in New York. Occasionally a therapist in my own area would ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2008/02/07/mailbag/ I just received in the mail a hard copy of The Prevention Researcher, "a multidisciplinary journal focusing on successful adolescent development and at-risk youth." There--on pages 11 and 12--is the most comprehensive and thoughtful review of Strong at the Heart ever. The reviewer, Dr. Jacqueline Golding, is writing here for a ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2008/01/17/this-just-in/ No, it is never too late for a good review! The latest appeared in the November issue of PPT Express, a newsletter for teachers and others working with pregnant and parenting teens. The editor, Jeanne Lindsay, who is also the publisher of Morning Glory Press, had asked me for an article on ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2007/11/07/never-too-late/ For some reason, readers at this site tend to write emails directly to me, rather than post their thoughts here. For me that's great, but then others miss out on the conversation. Today I heard from a gentleman who attended a book event that Arturo and I did a few days ... http://strongattheheart.com/blog/2007/10/21/reader-helping-readers/