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Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity

by Camila Batmanghelidjh

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*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, rejection and worthlessness. Batmanghelidjh offers understanding for those baffled by these hard-to-reach children and show more warns against stigmatizing them for their problem behaviour. In her critique of existing structures, sh show less

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Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Published: 2006
Genre: Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 362.76
LCC: RC569.5 .C55 .B28

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