James wrote: "@Miss007...LOL, I hope this is not your first taste of Edward Lee, cos if it is, wow are you going to be in for a surprise...I have been a huge Lee fan for years and even some of the stories took m..." Childhood Disrupted is a timely book that summarizes the effects of childhood adversity, incorporating the current science in a very personalized and approachable way. The more we understand about childhood adversity and its imprint on our body and brain, the more we can help each other recover from its harmful effects. This is an important read for anyone looking to help those afflicted by childhood adversity, whether personally or in a caring role such as parents, teachers, and health care workers.” It's about a seemingly disturbed woman being treated by Sigmund Freud for her phantom pains, and her obsession with sex and death. At times you ask yourself where this narrative is going. Then you get to the end and it all becomes painfully, horribly, clear what it all meant. I'm not sure but I might have screamed out loud. I read it several years ago now. I still think of it often." In the 1850’s, a 14 year old teenager joins a band of wild west criminals that kills Indians, peels away their scalps from the head and then sell them.

Those were the words on Nov 1, 2010, the morning after Halloween. Three women who attended Springfield College. 911 was called. The young officer Brandon was the first responder. Jennifer Jaynes knowns how to keep you interested and on your toes throughout the whole story! She is such a vivid story teller. I was literally gasping out loud. I was so invested in the outcome. I had absolutely no idea what was gonna happen. Carly Robins is a new to me narrator, but one I would gladly listen to again. Her unique voices, tone and ability to drive up the tension were superb. The story lends itself perfectly to audio with its flow, chapter set up and perspectives. Amanda Pearl wrote: "what the french toast is the ENTIRE twilight series doing on here? Ugh these books are getting so annoying I think I want to sell my copies." Detective Robert Lang, 5 years with the Homicide Department was called to the crime scene of an apartment building, after building tenants heard screams and called 911…the occupants were 3 young women who attended Springfield College.This is the ABSOLUTE perfect novel to read right now with Halloween being right around the corner ;). Seeing Red: The autobiography of the actress Coral Atkins and her battles with and on behalf of disturbed children Nakazawa writes compassionately for readers struggling to make sense of what happened during their childhoods and how their health may be affected . . . [An] engaging work of scientific translation.” Left with scars and memory loss from her ordeal, Chelsea relies on her trusted friend Elizabeth to help manage her way forward in the aftermath, but nightmares and sightings of him persist....AND the creepy notes begin. Helena wrote: "Erin wrote: "I think that it is ridiculous and completely sacrilegious that someone would put the bible on this list! It doesn't matter if you do not agree with their religion or not things like th..."

This one for sure made me feel pretty messed up, less because of the content (which, for the most part, isn't terribly explicit), but because of the way Nabokov uses Humbert Humbert as an unreliable narrator. It seems like he's is recusing himself throughout the book, to the point that you find yourself feeling subconsciously sorry for him at points before realizing, "Wait, hold up, I need to stop sympathizing with a child rapist..." Disturbed Dublin, the Story of the Great Strike of 1913-14, with a Description of the Industries of the Irish Capital You Can Beat PMS!: the 12-Week Plan to Banish: Mood Swings * Disturbed Sleep * Sugar Cravings * Bloating * Skin Problems * Irrational Crying * Headaches One hundred thirty-three million Americans suffer from chronic illness and 116 million suffer from chronic pain. This revelation of the link between childhood adversity and adult illness can inform all of our efforts to heal. With this knowledge, physicians, health practitioners, psychologists, and psychiatrists can better understand their patients and find new insights to help them. And this knowledge will help us ensure that the children in our lives—whether we are parents, mentors, teachers, or coaches—don’t suffer from the long-term consequences of these sorts of adversity.

From beginning to end, Jennifer creates a sense of foreboding, paranoia, fear, distrust, and lurking darkness. You know there is something beneath the surface. When we as children encounter sudden or chronic adversity, excessive stress hormones cause powerful changes in the body, altering our body chemistry. The developing immune system and brain react to this chemical barrage by permanently resetting our stress response to “high,” which in turn can have a devastating impact on our mental and physical health. Donna has once again taken a difficult medical topic and made it not only easy to understand, but a great read. Eye-opening and inspiring, Childhood Disrupted provides a paradigm-shifting roadmap for understanding how early stress is linked to later illness, and offers a must-read vision for how to begin healing at any age. This book will help readers and especially women better understand the biology of stress, and jumpstart important new conversations about our health and well-being!”

A father and his son try to survive a journey to the coast after a cataclysm has destroyed almost all life on Earth. There had been a boy, Ethan whom Chelsea had invited and his roommate Boyd. Ethan was from a wealthy family. He was gorgeous. What caused him to start the brutal killings? Other characters come and go, generally just to help advance a certain part of the plot along. Boyd, another person from Chelsea’s past, could have had a much more interesting and plot deepening setup, but his point of view chapter comes too late to make as much of an impact as it could have. If he’d been given a little more establishment in the beginning, he could have been much more effective in the book. Life of a Jew in the Auschwitz concentration camp, as written by a Jew who survived Auschwitz concentration camp. Chelsea barely survives a horrific murder at Halloween which sees her 2 flat mates slaughtered. She is stabbed, slashed and bleeding out when Lang and his police colleagues arrive. Her life is saved and she recovers physically, albeit scarred. Mentally the scars will never heal and she spends some time in a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.

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In what might be an ironic twist of fate, it’s the dark and disturbing books that teach one to be optimistic. No matter how bad your life is, at least you aren’t eaten from the inside out by hungry rats. Jennifer Jaynes had me at hello with this novel. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this one. I did not see that twist coming! Definitely recommend this one... devoured this in a day!