⛓️ Surviving Exploitation

Stories of endurance under systems designed to extract and consume, where characters navigate abuse of power while searching for agency and escape.

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Brave 90%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 90%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

The Sound of Gravel

by Ruth Wariner • 2016

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

4.31

68k+

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival

The Sound of Gravel 90%

A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.

by Ruth Wariner 2016

4.31

68k+ ratings

🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism ⛪ Religious Extremism 🧒 Childhood Survival

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

3.89

49k+

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

My Story 89%

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

by Elizabeth Smart 2013

3.89

49k+ ratings

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

The Natashas

by Victor Malarek • 2011

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

3.90

958

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

The Natashas 89%

Post-Soviet women became a global commodity. The traffickers who trade them wear badges, not masks.

by Victor Malarek 2011

3.90

958 ratings

🔗 Sex Trafficking 🕴️ Organized Crime 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Quest For Love 89%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Brutally Honest

by Melanie Brown • 2018

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

4.05

6k+

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

Brutally Honest 89%

The world called her Scary Spice. One man called her his prisoner, for a decade.

by Melanie Brown 2018

4.05

6k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Memoirs 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival ⛓️ Coercive Control

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

The House of My Mother 89%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Search for Purple Cows 89%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

by Tara Westover • 2023

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

4.34

360

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 89%

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

by Tara Westover 2023

4.34

360 ratings

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

Escape

by Carolyn Jessop • 2007

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

3.99

47k+

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape

Escape 89%

Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.

by Carolyn Jessop 2007

3.99

47k+ ratings

🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism 🔗 Polygamous Sects 🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape

Gray After Dark

by Noelle W. Ihli • 2024

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

4.17

126k+

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope

Gray After Dark 89%

An Olympic hopeful is abducted from a remote resort by survivalists who keep their captives forever.

by Noelle W. Ihli 2024

4.17

126k+ ratings

🔪 Survival Thriller ⛓️ Captivity Thriller 🌅 Bleak Hope

In Order to Live

by Yeonmi Park • 2015

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

4.48

107k+

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship

In Order to Live 89%

Frozen rivers, human traffickers, and a desert crossing: a 13-year-old's escape from North Korea.

by Yeonmi Park 2015

4.48

107k+ ratings

🏃 North Korean Defectors 🔗 Human Trafficking 🚫 Life Under Dictatorship

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Notes on a Silencing 89%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

T is for Transformation

by Shaun T. • 2017

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

4.22

2k+

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance

T is for Transformation 88%

Seven transformation rules from a fitness guru who had to put himself back together first.

by Shaun T. 2017

4.22

2k+ ratings

📖 Motivational Memoir 💔 Trauma Recovery 🤗 Self-Acceptance

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

by Rosie Pérez • 2014

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

4.12

1k+

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life Summary

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life 88%

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

by Rosie Pérez 2014

4.12

1k+ ratings

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care

Not for Sale

by David Batstone • 2007

Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.

4.24

2k+

💔 Human Trafficking 🧒 Child Soldiers 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Not for Sale 88%

Slavery never ended. Thirty million people are still in chains, in the country next door.

by David Batstone 2007

4.24

2k+ ratings

💔 Human Trafficking 🧒 Child Soldiers 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Silent No More 88%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

by Alison Arngrim • 2010

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

4.10

19k+

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch 88%

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

by Alison Arngrim 2010

4.10

19k+ ratings

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 88%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

A Chance in the World 88%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

The Franklin Scandal

by Nick Bryant • 2008

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

4.30

926

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Franklin Scandal 88%

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

by Nick Bryant 2008

4.30

926 ratings

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears • 2023

The world's biggest pop star, silenced for 13 years. This is the story they wouldn't let her tell.

3.83

584k+

🎤 Child Stardom 🎵 Pop Music Memoir 📰 Media Misogyny

The Woman in Me 88%

The world's biggest pop star, silenced for 13 years. This is the story they wouldn't let her tell.

by Britney Spears 2023

3.83

584k+ ratings

🎤 Child Stardom 🎵 Pop Music Memoir 📰 Media Misogyny

Saving Five

by Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4k+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Saving Five 88%

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

by Amanda Nguyen 2025

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

My Love Story

by Tina Turner • 2018

She escaped her first husband with 36 cents. Her second husband gave her a kidney.

4.18

10k+

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 R&B Legends 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

My Love Story 88%

She escaped her first husband with 36 cents. Her second husband gave her a kidney.

by Tina Turner 2018

4.18

10k+ ratings

🌟 Celebrity Memoir 🎵 R&B Legends 🛡️ Surviving Abuse

Toutes blessent, la dernière tue

by Karine Giebel • 2018

Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.

4.44

3k+

🖋️ Literary Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🥀 Tragic Romance

Toutes blessent, la dernière tue Summary

Toutes blessent, la dernière tue 88%

Sold into French slavery, a girl survives by reading in secret until violence offers escape.

by Karine Giebel 2018

4.44

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🥀 Tragic Romance

It's My Life Now

by Meg Kennedy Dugan • 2000

75% of domestic assaults happen after leaving. A roadmap for safety, healing, and starting over.

3.97

273

🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚫 Intimate Partner Violence 💚 Trauma Healing

It's My Life Now 88%

75% of domestic assaults happen after leaving. A roadmap for safety, healing, and starting over.

by Meg Kennedy Dugan 2000

3.97

273 ratings

🩹 Abuse Recovery 🚫 Intimate Partner Violence 💚 Trauma Healing

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

A Child Called "It" 88%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Jeni Haynes • 2022

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

4.57

2k+

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

The Girl in the Green Dress 88%

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

by Jeni Haynes 2022

4.57

2k+ ratings

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Paris 88%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Now I Am Known

by Peter Mutabazi • 2022

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

4.75

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness

Now I Am Known 88%

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

by Peter Mutabazi 2022

4.75

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness

Sold

by Patricia McCormick • 2006

Sold by her stepfather, a Nepali girl enters an Indian brothel and fights to survive.

4.24

65k+

📖 Verse Novel 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏔️ Nepal Setting

Sold 88%

Sold by her stepfather, a Nepali girl enters an Indian brothel and fights to survive.

by Patricia McCormick 2006

4.24

65k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🔗 Child Trafficking 🏔️ Nepal Setting

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Tears of the Desert 88%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Nobody Knows You're Here

by Bryn Greenwood • 2025

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

4.02

31k+

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family

Nobody Knows You're Here 88%

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

by Bryn Greenwood 2025

4.02

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family

Wavewalker

by Suzanne Heywood • 2023

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

4.23

9k+

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing

Wavewalker 88%

A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.

by Suzanne Heywood 2023

4.23

9k+ ratings

🏕️ Survival Memoir 💔 Parental Neglect 🌊 Extreme Upbringing

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Parrot's Perch 88%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Courage to Heal Workbook

by Laura Davis • 1990

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

4.27

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

The Courage to Heal Workbook 88%

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

by Laura Davis 1990

4.27

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education

Class 88%

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education

Down the Rabbit Hole

by Holly Madison • 2015

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

3.57

52k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse

Down the Rabbit Hole 88%

A 9 PM curfew, a weekly allowance, and a mansion where girlfriends competed rather than bonded.

by Holly Madison 2015

3.57

52k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir 📖 Hollywood Tell-All 💔 Emotional Abuse

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Power of Women 88%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 88%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

Educated

by Tara Westover • 2018

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

4.46

1.9M+

🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling

Educated 88%

With no birth certificate or schooling, a survivalist's daughter discovers herself through books.

by Tara Westover 2018

4.46

1.9M+ ratings

🏔️ Survivalist Upbringing 🏚️ Off-The-Grid Family 💔 Abusive Sibling

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

20k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence

Hope 88%

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015

4.37

20k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence

Uncaged

by Frank Shamrock • 2012

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

3.65

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

Uncaged 88%

Before he was a cage-fighting champion, he was a child locked in a dark closet.

by Frank Shamrock 2012

3.65

96 ratings

🥋 Mma History 🚪 Childhood Abuse 🩹 Abuse Recovery

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Sex Object 88%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

A House in the Sky

by Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73k+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

A House in the Sky 88%

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

by Amanda Lindhout 2013

4.28

73k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness

Healing Sex

by Staci Haines • 1999

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

4.29

549

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

Healing Sex 88%

Talk therapy can't reach where sexual trauma lives. A body-based guide to reclaiming pleasure.

by Staci Haines 1999

4.29

549 ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma Recovery 🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Healing

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

4.08

42k+

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

Chinese Cinderella 88%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

A Piece of Cake

by Cupcake Brown • 2006

Orphaned, prostituted, addicted to crack, and living behind a dumpster. She became a lawyer.

4.26

39k+

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care

A Piece of Cake 88%

Orphaned, prostituted, addicted to crack, and living behind a dumpster. She became a lawyer.

by Cupcake Brown 2006

4.26

39k+ ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care

Made in China

by Anna Qu • 2021

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

3.85

3k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Made in China 88%

At fourteen, she worked her parents' sweatshop. What the CPS file revealed decades later was worse.

by Anna Qu 2021

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🏚️ Family Abuse Memoirs 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

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