I hope that some of these books may be guideposts on your path to healing. Some I am personally recommending, while others have been suggested by fellow survivors who visited the website. Athena in Association with Amazon.com presents this Survivor's Bookstore. If you want to check out ordering information on each book from Amazon.com, click on the title. Clicking on the title will not commit you to buying anything. I hope this service is useful to you.

Books for Survivors of Abuse

• It Will Never Happen to Me; Claudia Black
• Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You Sue William Silverman
• Cutting a New Path: Helping Survivors of Childhood Domestic Trauma Laura Delaplain
• In the Voice of a Child/One Woman's Journey to Healing from Sexual Abuse; Judy Emerson
• The Courage to Heal Workbook : For Women and Men Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Laura Davis
• Shifting the Burden of Truth : Suing Child Sexual Abusers-A Legal Guide for Survivors and Their Supporters by Joseph E. Crnuch, Kimberly A. Crnuch, Kimberly A. Recommended to Athena by Wendy Beck
• Triumph over Darkness : Understanding and Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse; Wendy Ann, M.A. Wood
• Breaking Free : A Self-Help Guide for Adults Who Were Sexually Abused As Children; Carolyn Ainscough, Kay Toon
• Faith Born of Seduction : Sexual Trauma, Body Image, and Religion; Jennifer L. Manlowe
• Repeat After Me; Claudia Black

Especially for Women

• Daybreak : Meditations for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse; Maureen Brady
• Door of Hope : Recognizing and Resolving the Pains of Your Past; Jan Frank
• Crossing the Boundary : Black Women Survive Incest; Melba Wilson
• From Surviving to Thriving : Incest, Feminism and Recovery (The Psychology of Women); Christine Dinsmore
• Nature's Ban : Women's Incest Literature; Karen Jacobsen McLennan (Editor)
• The Courage to Heal : A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Ellen Bass, Laura Davis;
• The Courage to Heal : A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Ellen Bass, Laura Davis; Audio Cassette
• Voices in the Night : Women Speaking About Incest Toni Ah McNaron (Editor)
• The Last Secret : Daughter Sexually Abused by Mothers by Bobbie Rosencrans, Euan Bear (Editor)

Especially for Men

• Broken Boys/Mending Men : Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse; Stephen D. Gruban-Black, Stephen D. Grubman-Black
• Flying Boy : Healing the Wounded Man; John Lee
• The Flying Boy: Healing the Wounded Man/Audio Cassette; John H. Lee; Audio Cassette
• The Flying Boy Book II: The Journey Continues; John Lee
• The Flying Boy Book III; Stepping Into the Mystery/For Sons, Lovers, Mothers, and Wives; John Lee
• Victims No Longer : Men Recovering from Incest and Other Sexual Child Abuse; Mike Lew, Ellen Bass

Poetry & Writing by Survivors

• Silent Scream; Martha Janssen
  
• In Cabin Six : An Anthology of Poetry by Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Jill A. Kuhn (Editor)
• It was the year of the scalping : poems about emotional incest, sexually motivated abuse, mother-daughter incest, father-daughter incest; Paula Suzanne MacIan
  
• Broken Feather: A Journey to Healing by Suzanne Stutman
  
• Childhood's Thief; One Woman's Journey of Healing from Sexual Abuse; Rose Mary Evans
• Human Nature : Poems; Alice Anderson;
• I Never Told Anyone : Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; Ellen Bass, Louise Thornton (Editor);
• Conspiracy of Silence : The Trauma of Incest; Sandra Butler
• Adults Molested As Children : A Survivors Manual for Women and Men; Bear, Dimock
• Ancient Child: Poetry About Incest; Marcella Bryant
• Our Stunning Harvest: Poems; Ellen Bass
• Cutler, Evan Runaway Me: A Survivor's Story, (A Blooming Press Co., 1994). Winner 1994 "Best Book Award" -- C.I.P.A. This book is written by a writing contributor to Athena, you can obtain it with the information by contacting the author's web site above, or withthe folllowing info.
  USA: 749 S. Lemay, Ste. A3-223, Ft. Collins, CO 80524
  CANADA: PO Box 20124, 4-9769 5th St., Sidney, BC V8L 5C9,
  (250) 655-0537
  

Significant Others of Survivors

• Allies in Healing : When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused As a Child, a Support Book; Laura Davis;
• Ghosts in the Bedroom : A Guide for Partners of Incest Survivors; Ken Graber
• Partners in Recovery : How Mates, Lovers & Other Prosurvivors Can Learn to Support & Cope With Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse; Beverly Engel
• Haunted Marriage : Overcoming the Ghosts of Your Spouse's Childhood Abuse; Clark E. Barshinger, et al

Sexuality Issues

• Incest and Sexuality : A Guide to Understanding and Healing; Wendy Maltz, Beverly Holman
• The Sexual Healing Journey : A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse; Wendy Maltz, Carol Arian (Illustrator)
• Playbook for Women About Sex; Joani Blank;
• Healing Your Sexual Self/Audio Cassette; Janet Wotitiz;

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