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liz


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Hi Everybody


Just wondered which books people have found helpful in their journeys towards healing.  


I go through phases when the need for literary support is paramount.  I guess it's something to do with knowing I'm not alone, desperately wanting to know that what I am feeling is ok, and 'answers' though I suppose I really know there aren't any of those otherwise we would have  found them all long ago......


One of my favourite books has to be 'Strong at the Broken Places' by Linda Sandford.  I've read it and re-read it recently.  She could have been talking about me.  


When I first disclosed I read the Survivors 'Bible' - The Courage to Heal - Ellen Bass and Laura Davies and that was helpful.  I was still in a state of shock then at having disclosed and how the disclosure permeated every area of my life.  It helped me in the very early days. 


And 'Proud to be Me' has been informative and helpful too.  Thanks Jamie for all your wisdom and knowledge.  


I'll end with one of my favourite quotes taken from Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway. 


       'The world breaks everyone and afterwards some are strong at the broken places'. 


Take care - Liz x 



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Hi


Have you seen our Book of the Year chart for 2003.


http://www.havoca.org/vote%20for%20book%20of%20the%20year%202003.htm


(I could have sworn that I'd updated this page - I'll have to check when i get home)


Take care


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Hey liz,


I just picked up I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook For Trauma Survivors, by Aphrodite Matsakis. I find that most books only cover a part of th issues I'm faced with. This one handles a variety of things and helps to cut down on the backround noise of every day frustrations so you can focus on the big things that interfere with life.


ISBN: 157224058X



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Please please please use our online bookstore to buy or search for your books - that way we get a percentage of the money - HAVOCA sadly doesn't pay for itself - so dig deep and buy some books! or make a donation!


BOOKSTORE



Jamie



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claudine


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By the way, I forgot to mention, you should use the online bookstore at HAVOCA for fast and easy service! A percentage of the sale goes to a worthy cause!


 



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I have used the courage to heal book a lot I often revisit it


Jamie can I just ask I order my books through the Havoca online way and need to say how easy and quick it is even for me does all that we order eg other books vidios etc also give a percentage because I order quite a bit from Amazon through our site


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Hi Jamie et al


Will use your online book ordering sytem from now on as we are a family who are big on books and cds..  Very good idea.


 


 


 



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If you click through onto Amazon using any of the links on our site then we'll get a percentage of the money.


We also have a giftshop as well as a bookstore.


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ah courage to heal, the first book i read on abuse, it meant the world to me. ive raed loads since, cry hard and swim is great, the memory bird and these are the things a remember are also really good


Hazel x



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