Revised edition of Invisible girls, c2009. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Who we are and how we got here -- Ask Dr. Patti : answers to girls' questions about sexual abuse -- Crossing over : girlhood to womanhood -- Troubled families : daughters betrayed -- Finding your truth : facing the emotional aftershocks and the beginning of healing -- Before we open the box -- Girls' genius: how girls get through the actual abuse experience (Zinnia's story, Lily's story) -- Opening Pandora's box: girls tell their stories -- The deepest wound : father-daughter incest (coral's story, garnet's story) -- Too close for comfort : other incest-brothers, cousins, uncles, stepfathers (Topaz's story, Sage's story) -- Trusting the wrong men : abuse by teachers, coaches, clergy (ivy's -- Story) -- Pushed too far : acquaintance sexual abuse (Amber's story, Jasmine's story) -- Rape always hurts: stranger rape/date rape/gang rape (Iris's story, Dahlia's story) -- Stop calling us whores: prostitution is sexual abuse (Ruby rose's -- Story) -- The road back -- Different paths to healing -- Supportive families speak out (Pearl's story, Jannie's mother's story, Emily's mother's story) -- Finding your support posse -- Invisible no more: Zinna, Lily, Coral, Garnet, Topaz, Sage, Ivy, Jasmine, Iris, Dalia, Pearl, Ruby Rose -- Five years of emails and letters from around the world : girls and mothers reach out -- Afterword: letter to readers from an incest survivor : how I learned to love -- Resource center -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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