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Shunned

Author : Linda A. Curtis
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1631523295
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Shunned written by Linda A. Curtis and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jehovah’s Witness’ Painful but Liberating Realization that She Must Give Up Her Faith “An inherently compelling and candidly revealing memoir . . . an extraordinary, riveting and unreservedly recommended read from first page to last.” —Midwest Book Review Linda Curtis was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and is an unquestioning true believer who has knocked on doors from the time she was nine years old. Like other Witnesses, she has been discouraged from pursuing a career, higher education, or even voting, and her friendships are limited to the Witness community. Then one day, at age thirty-three, she knocks on a door—and a coworker she deeply respects answers the door. To their mutual consternation she launches into her usual spiel, but this time, for the first time ever, the message sounds hollow. In the months that follow, Curtis tries hard to overcome the doubts that spring from that doorstep encounter, knowing they could upend her “safe” existence. But ultimately, unable to reconcile her incredulity, she leaves her religion and divorces her Witness husband—a choice for which she is shunned by the entire community, including all members of her immediate family. Shunned follows Linda as she steps into a world she was taught to fear and discovers what is possible when we stay true to our hearts, even when it means disappointing those we love. “. . . a moving portrait of one woman's life as a Jehovah's Witness and her painful but liberating realization that she must give up her faith.” ―Publishers Weekly “Curtis’s story reads as true to life . . . it will resonate across faith lines.” —Foreword Reviews “A profound, at times fascinating, personal transformation told with meticulous detail.” —Kirkus Reviews “...a riveting story, a page-turner, a magnificent contribution, and a book you will never forget.” —Lynne Twist, global activist and author of The Soul of Money “A wonderful book that is about so much more than the Jehovah’s Witnesses.” —Adair Lara, longtime columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle “...brilliant, respectful, insightful and most of all hopeful.” ―Openly Bookish Readers of Educated and Leaving the Witness will resonate with Linda Curtis’ moving and courageous account of personal transformation. Order your copy today and begin reading this disturbing, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring memoir.

Shunned

Author : Steffanie Holmes
Publisher : Bacchanalia House
ISBN 13 : 9780995122246
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Shunned written by Steffanie Holmes and published by Bacchanalia House. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I should have kept my mouth shut. I should have let them win. Now the kings of the school are out for my blood, ... and they're not the only ones.

Shunned

Author : Graham Thornicroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019857097X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Shunned written by Graham Thornicroft and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People with mental illness commonly describe the stigma and discrimination they face as being worse than their main condition. Discrimination can pervade every part of their daily life - their personal life, working life, sense of citizenship, their ability to maintain even a basic standard ofliving. Though things have certainly improved in the past 50 years, discrimination against the mentally ill is still a major problem throughout the world. It can manifest itself in subtle ways, such as the terminology used to describe the person or their illness, or in more obvious ways - by the waythe mentally ill might be treated and deprived of basic human rights. Should we just accept such discrimination as deeply rooted and resistant to change, or is this something that we can collectively change if we understand and commit ourselves to tackling the problem?Shunned presents clearly for a wide readership information about the nature and severity of discrimination against people with mental illness and what can be done to reduce this. The book features many quotations from people with mental illness showing how this has affected their home, personal,social, and working life. After showing, both from personal accounts and from a thorough review of the literature, the nature of discrimination, the book sets out a clear manifesto for change.Written by a leading figure in mental health in a lively and accessible manner, the book presents a fascinating and humane portrayal of the problem of stigma and discrimination, and shows how we can work to reduce it.

Shunned and Dangerous

Author : Laura Bradford
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425252434
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Shunned and Dangerous written by Laura Bradford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in the small town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Claire Weatherly has come to admire the Amish for their wholesome, honest way of life. But she also knows that nothing is as simple as it seems—especially when murder disturbs the peace. Claire has always been game for a good puzzle, so when she hears that Mose Fisher has made one of his famous corn mazes, she can’t wait to walk the paths and test her skill. But she’ll have a much more serious puzzle to solve when, deep inside the maze, she discovers the body of Amish dairy farmer Harley Zook. It won’t be easy for Detective Jakob Fisher to investigate a murder on his own father’s farm—not after being shunned by the man for leaving the Amish community and becoming a cop. With Mose himself as a suspect, and old family secrets cropping up, it’s up to Claire to help catch the killer before she finds herself at a dead end.

The Shunning (Heritage of Lancaster County Book #1)

Author : Beverly Lewis
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 9781441203434
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Shunning (Heritage of Lancaster County Book #1) written by Beverly Lewis and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling story of Katie Lapp, who longs for things forbidden to a young Amish woman. But an unexpected discovery reveals her true past.

Wolf Shunned

Author : Laurel Night
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book Wolf Shunned written by Laurel Night and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's amazing to be a dominant wolf... if you're male.When you're a nineteen year-old girl who can beat the crap out of every wolf in your pack, suddenly it's not so great. Love isn't everything, I know; but even the most powerful she-wolf submits to her mate. If you can't be dominated, you can't be mated. And an unmated wolf has no place in the pack. My one hope is the clan gathering in the Blackwood Fortress. Every wolf in the continent attends, and a few seriously sexy wolves catch my eye. I'm bound to find at least one who can match me, right?Then there's my other problem: My alpha is a grade-A jerk. After treating me like a genetic freak my whole life, he suddenly decides to stake a claim. But I can't refuse the challenge, and my wolf won't back down. Either I submit to the alpha and become mated to his skeezy pelt, or I win the challenge and my freedom... by taking his place as alpha. Only no one has ever heard of a female alpha, and if I become one, I'll never find a mate.Wolf Shunned is the first book in The Alpha Queen Legacy, featuring a badass heroine, a dark fantasy world, and loads of sexy wolf shifters. Be warned: This is a slow burn, why choose romance. Once you pick this story up, you won't be able to stop devouring it until the very last page.The Alpha Queen Legacy will be four delicious novels.Anticipated release dates: Wolf Shunned: January 2021Pack Claimed: March 2021Queen Crowned: May 2021Legacy Fulfilled: July 2021

Shunned

Author : Bonnie Zieman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983942372
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Shunned written by Bonnie Zieman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many studies have been published about the effects of shunning or ostracism on the person shunned but there are few books, if any, written specifically to offer help to the individual suffering from this sort of inhumane treatment. Granted there are books about how to cope with being bullied and/or marginalized in the workplace or at school. This book, however, directs its help to people who are subjected to mandated, open-ended shunning by religions, quasi-religions, cults and other extreme groups. Mandated shunning requires that members of a group reject, ignore, isolate and refuse to associate with, or even talk to the person "marked" by the group's leadership. Members of these groups or cults are expected to shun members of their own families if they dare to question dogma or refuse to participate in certain group activities or practices. Enforced ostracism removes all sense of belonging and community from the person ostracized. Mandated shunning weaponizes a person's need for belonging against them. It is an anti-social punishment that has been the cause of much suffering, including many attempted suicides and successful suicides. This book, of course, cannot remove the mandate for shunning against a person, but it will give the person many ways to cope with the psychological and emotional effects of being rejected and disowned. Readers will learn how to restore an inner sense of safety, security, and calm after losing family, friends and resources normally supplied by community. This book will also explain how simple strategies can down-regulate the fight/flight or freeze states of the autonomic nervous system when one loses all access to beloved family members. Due to the adversity and stress of mandated shunning, many who suffer under its merciless application suffer from anxiety, panic, anger, guilt, depression, and suicidal ideation. This book offers helpful techniques to cope with and minimize these debilitating effects of having family and friends arbitrarily torn away. Anyone being ostracized will experience social isolation for a while. This book offers many practical suggestions on how to reach out and build a new social network. There are many things that can be done while being subjected to prolonged shunning to cope with the loneliness and grief and to learn how to create a meaningful life. This survival guide is designed for former members of groups that shun such as The Church of Scientology, The Amish, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, FLDS, Hasidism, Islam, etc., etc. It matters not which group is excluding and shunning you - the strategies to deal with the isolation, grief, trauma, and despair are the same. If you find yourself alone and lonely suffering under this cruel practice of shunning, this book can act as a companion and survival guide. Many of us have survived shunning and are now thriving despite still being shunned. SHUNNED: A Survival Guide will help you survive and thrive too.

Shunned

Author : Steven Strong
Publisher : Possible Press
ISBN 13 : 9780980813586
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Shunned written by Steven Strong and published by Possible Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the out-of-Africa theory of human evolution and posits that Homo sapiens sapiens evolved independently in Australia. It considers the perception of the Original Australians as primitive and challenges this with an examination of the actual technological achievements of the race. It looks at archaeological, historical, linguistic and DNA evidence that Original Australians were capable of oceangoing voyages and had commerce with distant lands from North Africa to Latin America. The authors have also gathered a great deal of testimony from Original Elders who they consider a source of authority superior to that of Western academics. The distortion of history from the time of Captain Cook and Governor Phillip. Among the achievements of the First Australians were astronomy, brain surgery and the invention of many technological innovations such as the bull roarer and the bow and arrow. In addition to this, part of the heritage of the Original Australians is the oldest ongoing spiritual tradition in history. The authors contention is that the rich spiritual source that is the Dreaming is the inspiration for much of the true religiosity encountered around the world.

Once Shunned (A Riley Paige Mystery—Book 15)

Author : Blake Pierce
Publisher : Blake Pierce
ISBN 13 : 1640296824
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Once Shunned (A Riley Paige Mystery—Book 15) written by Blake Pierce and published by Blake Pierce. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ONCE SHUNNED is book #15 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)—a free download with over 1,000 five star reviews! When a serial killer strikes across a series of towns and the only potential witness is unable to speak, it is up to FBI Special Agent Riley Paige to enter the mind of this complex man, and to learn what, if anything, he knows. What do these victims have in common? What exactly did this man witness? In this dark psychological suspense thriller, Riley Paige must battle her own demons as she is summoned to solve a crime that leaves all others stumped, one that will force her to enter, too deep, into the mind of a psychopath….. An action-packed thriller with heart-pounding suspense, ONCE SHUNNED is book #15 in a riveting new series—with a beloved character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #16 in the Riley Paige series is also now available!

Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health

Author : Graham Thornicroft
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019956549X
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health written by Graham Thornicroft and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community mental health care has evolved as a discipline over the past 50 years, and within the past 20 years, there have been major developments across the world. The Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health is the most comprehensive and authoritative review published in the field, written by an international and interdisciplinary team.

Ignored, Shunned, and Invisible

Author : J. David Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313355398
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Ignored, Shunned, and Invisible written by J. David Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, segregation and social isolation have been recurring responses to people considered defective or deficient in some way. And it is in the midst of such a society that special educator J. David Smith wrote this book, which presents critical historical and contemporary issues in mental retardation. Told through gripping vignettes and interwoven with the story of the life of John Lovelace, a man labeled mentally retarded as a child then institutionalized and sterilized, this gripping text will make all readers reconsider not only our social policies and practices, but also our personal actions, in relation to people with mental retardation. Topics covered here include an examination of ways people have been misidentified as having disabilities, then needlessly warehoused in institutions. Coupled with the tragic story of John Lovelace, this book is one that will be long remembered by its readers, and will ideally spur them to action. This book offers new directions for the field of mental retardation, including conceptual and terminology changes regarding intellectual disabilities, and new thinking about the people whose lives have been altered by the term and the concept. Insights from parents, friends, teachers, and varied special education experts are included, as is the strong view of author Smith, who befriended Lovelace. He was often ignored, regularly avoided and treated as less than a person, as invisible, explains Smith. And Lovelace is the metaphorical island to which each chapter here returns, a vivid example of the denial of freedom and dignity to people who bear an intellectually inferior label. In the end, we see how society can promote values that inspire and challenge us to create humane and just treatment for all, or we can just look the other way when facing disturbing human needs.

Shunned No More

Author : Christina McKnight
Publisher : La Loma Elite Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0988261731
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Shunned No More written by Christina McKnight and published by La Loma Elite Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lady Shunned by All… Lady Viola Oberbrook only wanted to forget the ill-fated early morning duel that took the lives of two young, wealthy, promising men of the ton and sent her fleeing for her father’s country estate. Eight years later, she has her life in order: a fulfilling business, a few trusted friends, and no plans to return to London society. What she doesn’t expect is to come face to face with her past. A Lord Betrayed by One… Brock Spencer, Earl of Haversham, only wants vengeance. Recently returned from his military service to the King, his plans include repairing his family estate, finding a bride, and destroying the girl responsible for the untimely death of his twin brothers. What he doesn’t anticipate is falling in love with the only woman who should never be part of his future. An Impossible Match, Destined to Be…

Disabilities of the Color Line

Author : Dennis Tyler
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980584X
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Disabilities of the Color Line written by Dennis Tyler and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rather than simply engaging in a triumphalist narrative of overcoming where both disability and disablement are shunned alike, Disabilities of the Color Line argues that Black authors and activists have consistently avowed disability as a part of Black social life in varied and complex ways. Sometimes their affirmation of disability serves to capture how their bodies, minds, and health have been and are made vulnerable to harm and impairment by the state and society. Sometimes their assertion of disability symbolizes a sense of commonality and community that comes not only from a recognition of the shared subjection of blackness and disability but also from a willingness to imagine and create a world distinct from the dominant social order. Through the work of David Walker, Henry Box Brown, William and Ellen Craft, Charles Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, and Mamie Till-Mobley, Disabilities of the Color Line examines how Black writer-activists have engaged in an aesthetics of redress: modes of resistance that show how Black communities have rigorously acknowledged disability as a response to forms of racial injury and in the pursuit of racial and disability justice"--

Forever Shunned Amish Rebel

Author : Jonathan Fisher
Publisher : Jonathan Fisher Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781735264905
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Forever Shunned Amish Rebel written by Jonathan Fisher and published by Jonathan Fisher Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MY MANUSCRIPT/MEMOIR TELLS OF MY HAVING BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THE AMISH CHURCH. IT TELLS OF THE MANY, MANY SENSELESS RULES AND REGULATIONS I HAD TO OBEY AND OF THE HARSH SHUNNING AND EX-COMMUNICATION THAT I HAD TO ENDURE BECAUSE OF MY DISOBEDIENCE. IT TELLS OF MY CONTINUAL PLEADING WITH THE AMISH BISHOPS FOR THEM TO BE MORE LENIENT AND OF MANY, MANY OTHER FASCINATING AND FRUSTRATING ASPECTS OF AMISH LIFE.

The Courts and the Colonies

Author : Alvin J. Esau
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774811170
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Courts and the Colonies written by Alvin J. Esau and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of leadership, and communal property rights before the secular courts. What is the story behind this extraordinary development in Hutterite history? How did the courts respond, and how did that outside (state) law relate to the traditional inside law of the Hutterites? Utilizing voluminous court records, Esau provides a detailed and fascinating narrative of the prolonged disputes and litigation history of Hutterite colonies at Lakeside, Oak Bluff, Rock Lake, and Huron. He considers whether the legal action was consistent with the historic non-resistance of Hutterites or whether it signaled a fundamental change in norms of Anabaptist perspectives on litigation. He examines the past history of Hutterite litigation, and how the roots of the schism related to controversy over the Schmiedeleut leadership and its alliance with the Bruderhof, a group of Christian communalists, living mainly in the Eastern United States. At stake is the nature of freedom of religion in Canada and the extent to which our pluralistic society is prepared to accommodate the existence of groups that have an illiberal legal system that may not cohere with the outside legal system of the host society. While this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law and religion, it will also appeal to anyone in Anabaptist studies, sociology, anthropology, political theory, and conflict resolution.

Ask Me What's for Dinner One More Time

Author : Meredith Masony
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982117974
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Ask Me What's for Dinner One More Time written by Meredith Masony and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the founder of That’s Inappropriate—one of the most popular parenting blogs on the web—comes a hilarious, genuine, and relatable essay collection on the ups and downs of motherhood. Meredith Masony founded That’s Inappropriate in 2014 as an innocent and humorous way to chronicle her chaotic days as a working mom, child wrangler, and busy wife. It soon evolved into a massive, dynamic community of parents—now nearly three million strong—brought together by their shared belief that parenthood and marriage don’t have to be perfect. Now, in Ask Me What’s for Dinner One More Time, Meredith shares her collection of witty essays on the universal frustrations of being a mom in today’s world, presenting her laugh-out-loud perspective on sex, aging, anxiety, friendship, and much more. Perfect for fans of Jenny Lawson, Laura Clery, and Jen Mann, these essays provide laughter, relief, validation, and “a metaphorical hug for all of those moments you spend crying on your bathroom floor, thinking that you are failing at the hardest job on the planet.”

Shunning Sarah

Author : Julie Kramer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451664648
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Shunning Sarah written by Julie Kramer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When investigative reporter Riley Spartz hears that a young boy is trapped in a sinkhole located in the peaceful Amish farm country outside Minneapolis, she uncovers a dark web of fraud and deception.