Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love (in English)
Synopsis "Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love (in English)"
Kirkus Reviews feature in the "30 Great Indie Books Worth Discovering" March 2022 edition"A heartfelt and informative guide to recovery with searing literary recollections." Kirkus Reviews Indie Feature August 1, 2021 Kirkus Reviews Publisher Weekly "Indie Spotlight Jan 2022 - Self-Help and Inspirational" books Nonfiction Book Awards GOLD AWARD winner Director's Choice Award 2022 Human Relations Abuse Awareness Book of the Year Gold Award Winner 2022 Human Relations Indie Book Awards, Self-help Finalist 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Self-Help Finalist 2022 Hope Pyx Global Book Awards, Self-Help Finalist 2022 The Wishing Self Book Awards, Adult Non-fiction Gold Award Literary Titan Book Awards 2021 Best Book Awards Finalist American Book Fest in the Self-Help: General Independent Author Network (IAN) 2021 Book of the Year Award Finalist, Non-fiction B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree 2021 Kindle Book Awards The Best of Indie Finalist, Non-fiction Honorable Mention Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Self-Help/Inspirational category Quarterfinalist in the 2019 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest, Self-help CategoryReaders' Favorite 5-Star Review Thriving After Sexual Abuse is an eloquent and empathetic self-development book laying out a blueprint for survivors to heal themselves. Denise Bossarte writes with fierce candor as she shares her own traumatic experience with childhood sexual abuse. Thriving provides tips and suggestions for readers to seek help, self-reflect, and pursue healing through a range of activities and practices and offers tangible strategies for readers to reclaim their lives and move forward to a life of Thriving."Bossarte reveals vividly personal, harrowing recollections from a long span of her young years, contrasting those dark years and their negative effect on her personal growth with a plethora of resources for accessing professional guidance and unlocking inner determination. While not glossing over how difficult a path this can be, her book proffers hope and pragmatic solutions to anyone recovering from severe trauma. In a book that is at once deeply honest and informative, Bossarte examines the most difficult of subjects with grace, sensitivity, and profound empathy for survivors, which makes this book an essential guide for the process of healing." Self-Publishing Review "Well-written, thought-provoking, and sensitive, Bossarte's Thriving After Sexual Abuse is a guidebook for a wide audience of readers who will immediately recognize its value whether they are survivors themselves or know someone who is." Nonfiction Book Awards
