Michelle Finds A Voice

At age twenty-six, author Michelle L. Whitlock thought she had it all: she was in the best physical shape of her life, she had a promising career, and she had a budding romance that looked like it could finally be the real thing. Then doctors informed her that she had HPV. Weeks later her worse nightmare became her reality: she was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer. In this memoir, Whitlock narrates the story of her ordeal. She tells how she took charge of her healthcare and pursued an experimental surgery that treated the cancer while preserving her fertility. The surgery was a success, but just years later a week after the love of her life proposed Whitlock discovered her cancer was back. How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice follows Whitlock as she wonders if she will live or die, have children, or enjoy sex again. This is one woman's story of falling in love, battling HPV and cervical cancer, facing sexual dysfunction, confronting her conflicting feelings about motherhood, and becoming her own best advocate. Inspirational and honest, this memoir tells the emotional story of love, loss, resilience, and survival.

This book begins the conversation of sexual abuse and molestation among young children.

Imagine a mother's horror when she finds her 11-month-old daughter suffering on the floor after being shaken by a babysitter. Against the odds, Claire Fishpaw survived and continually amazed her doctors. This book is the story of a mother and father's inspirational quest to provide their daughter with a beautiful life filled with hope. Claire's unforgettable journey is one miracle after another.

April is a young girl who experienced being touched inappropriately by her uncle. What started as tickles turned into touches. April did not know what to do at first but finally found her voice and told her mother what was happening. Now April has found the courage to go and tell other kids about her story. Through sharing her experience, other kids have found the courage to tell their story as well. April empowers other kids to use their voice and say no.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller and inspirational memoir by Michelle Knight, whose survival story gripped the world and continues to inspire and offer hope. Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.

“Everyone at Yatross believes that the health of mind and body are completely interconnected, so that when we treat one, we are always mindful of the other.” Sometimes the healing is a novel introducing Stephanie Harman, who has built up an alternative health clinic that seems to be an amazing success story. Some people laugh at the Greek name, some worry about the strange healing processes, but the proof is clear: the patients mostly get better. SallyAnne Clark’s original debut novel follows the stories of the staff, patients and the helpers at the clinic, starting with Stephanie herself, to reveal the magic behind the healing. Jane is the book centre librarian and a previous OCD patient. Supposedly cured, her old compulsions re-emerge in new guises. Mariella, the cook, was a patient and refugee when the clinic opened and her terrible history has left her mute. Daniel, the well-liked Alexander Technique teacher, takes a gamble in allowing a member to stay in his group because he believes that everyone can be healed. While Tom the elderly gardener is keeping vandalism a secret from Stephanie, for fear of losing his beloved gardens. As their lives intertwine, a Greek tragedy starts to unfold after a reporter visits to find out if any of the rumours are true. And when Stephanie is betrayed by someone she trusts, the future of the clinic is threatened in a way that none of them could have imagined... Inspired by Marika Cobbold and Anna Quindlen, Sometimes the healing will appeal to readers of women’s fiction and those who are interested in alternative medicine.