The authors of The Courage to Heal provide hope, support, and guidance to help aid survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the healing process and show them how to thrive. Reprint.
A reissue of the now-classic anthology (with more than 60,000 copies sold) of deeply moving testimonies by survivors of child sexual abuse—with a new afterword by Ellen Bass, co-author of The Courage to Heal.
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Contains some previously published poems.
by Ellen Bass
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
Free Your Mind is the definitive practical guide for gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth -- and their families, teachers, counselors and friends. For too long, gay youth have wanted to be themselves and to feel good about it, but most have been isolated, afraid, harassed, or worse. Their very existence has been ignored, whispered about, or swept under the rug. But each day more and more lesb
Balancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass’s Mules of Love illuminate the essential dynamics of our lives: family, community, sexual love, joy, loss, religion and death. The poems also explore the darker aspects of humanity—personal, cultural, historical and environmental violence—all of which are handled with compassion and grace. Bass’s poetic gift
Come to terms with your past while moving powerfully into the future The Courage to Heal is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a child—and to those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible. Weaving together personal experience with professio
“Poetry,” writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, “is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It’s the way I embody my love for the world.” The Human Line, Bass’ seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors. Bass brings attention to life’s endearing absurdities, and many of the poems
Contains some previously published poems.
Two authorities in the field of childhood sexual abuse explain how insight and the development of new healthy attitudes and behaviors can help victims change their lives, discussing self-esteem, sex, parenting, and other topics. Read by the authors.
Paterson Poetry Prize Finalist, 2015 Featured on NPR's The Writer's Almanac “Ellen Bass’s new poetry collection, Like a Beggar , pulses with sex, humor and compassion.”— The New York Times “Bass tries to convey everyday wonder on contemporary experiences of sex, work, aging, and war. Those who turn to poetry to become confidants for another's stories and secrets will not be disappointed.”— Publish
These poems, most of which were written during the first year after her daughter's birth, are praised by Susan Griffin as "immediate everyday poems but still filled with the dream of all of our large visions and the terrible pain of loss..." The author has taught "Writing About Our Lives" classes to women.
Indigo, the newest collection by Ellen Bass, merges elegy and praise poem in an exploration of life's complexities. Whether her subject is oysters, high heels, a pork chop, a beloved dog, or a wife's return to health, Bass pulls us in with exquisite immediacy. Her lush and precisely observed descriptions allow us to feel the sheer primal pleasure of being alive in our own "succulent skin,
by Ellen Bass
by Ellen Bass
Very Good brown stapled wraps with light moisture wear. Introduction by Lyn Lifshin. Unpaginated, unmarked
by Ellen Bass