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New Nonfiction May 10, 2023 |
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Lessons from the Covid war : an investigative report
by Covid Crisis Group
This powerful report on what went wrong-and right-with America's Covid response, from a team of 34 experts, shows how Americans faced the worst peacetime catastrophe of modern time. Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group of practitioners and scholars from many backgrounds came together determined to discover and learn lessons from this latest world war. Lessons from the Covid War is plain-spoken and clear sighted. It cuts through the enormous jumble of information to make some sense of it all and answer: What just happened to us, and why? And crucially, how, next time, could we do better? Because there will be a next time. The Covid war showed Americans that their wondrous scientific knowledge had run far ahead of their organized ability to apply it in practice. Improvising to fight this war, many Americans displayed ingenuity and dedication. But they struggled with systems that made success difficult and failure easy. This book shows how Americans can come together, learn hard truths, build on what worked, and prepare for global emergencies to come.
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Top billin' : stories of laughter, lessons, and triumph
by Bill Bellamy
The MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian and actor, in this original and outrageous tour through the eternally iconic world of ‘90s pop culture, provides an all-access backstage pass to his career and life, showing how he broke color and class barriers during one of the most exciting and innovative periods. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Tell me everything : a memoir
by Minka Kelly
An established actress and philanthropist, the author reveals for the first time her troubled childhood, her relationship with her father, Aerosmith's Rick Dufay, and her rise to fame, starting with the role of a lifetime on Friday Night Lights. Illustrations.
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The invisible machine : the startling truth about trauma and the scientific breakthrough that can transform your life
by Eugene Lipov
Despite its prevalence, post-traumatic stress, PTSD, is often seen as an unbeatable lifelong mental disorder. Leading trauma doctors and neuroscientists now understand that the result of trauma is not a disorder, but rather a physical injury to the body - invisible but tangible, and most importantly, treatable. Meet Dr. Eugene Lipov. His research and partnerships have led to an amazing discovery that all trauma has at its root a single piece of human hardware - the stellate ganglion. The symptoms of post-traumatic stress are the same for all of us, whether from childhood poverty or abandonment, the ravages of war, or the brutality of sexual assault. Dr. Lipov's pioneering procedure appears to treat injury to the stellate ganglion, relieving even the worst symptoms of PTSD - irritability, hypervigilance, insomnia, and more - in a 15-minute treatment. Weaving hard science with moving human stories, The Invisible Machine reveals how this treatment was developed. It also tells the incredible story of the unlikely team, including the doctor, an artist, Special Forces leadership, and a sheriff, who are working together to change our understanding of post-traumatic stress and why it matters to society.
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Dreamland : America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction
by Carly Goodman
In a world of border walls and obstacles to migration, a lottery where winners can gain permanent residency in the United States sounds too good to be true. Just as unlikely is the idea that the United States would make such visas available to foster diversity within a country where systemic racism endures. But in 1990, the United States Diversity Visa Lottery was created to do just that. Dreamland tells the surprising story of this unlikely government program and its role in American life as well as the global story of migration. Historian Carly Goodman takes readers from Washington, D.C., where proponents deployed a colorblind narrative about our "nation of immigrants" to secure visas for white immigrants, to the African countries where it flourished and fostered dreams of going to America. From the post office to the internet, aspiring emigrants, visa agents, and others embraced the lottery and tried their luck in a time of austerity and limits. Rising African immigration to the United States has enriched American life, created opportunities for mobility, and nourished imagined possibilities. But the promise of the American dream has been threatened by the United States' embrace of anti-immigrant policies and persistent anti-Black racism.
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The Earth transformed : an untold history
by Peter Frankopan
Spanning centuries and continents, this groundbreaking book, blending brilliant historical writing and cutting-edge research, reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development - and demise - of civilizations across time. Illustrations. Maps.
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70s house : a bold homage to the most daring decade in design
by Estelle Bilson
For many people with an interest in 70s decor and design it can be overwhelming to know where to look, what to buy, what colors to use and how to style their home without it looking like a 'junk shop' or a pastiche. That's where 70s House comes in: with advice, tips and tricks to creating a thoroughly 70s space (or even just a few featured items) this vibrant book is crammed full of 70s interiors and bright, retro imagery. Clear and attractive photos illustrate how this can translate to readers' own interior projects.
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Humanly possible : seven hundred years of humanist freethinking, inquiry, and hope
by Sarah Bakewell
"This is a book about humanists, but even humanists cannot agree on what a humanist is," declares Sarah Bakewell. Indeed, for centuries now, thinkers, writers, scholars, politicians, activists, artists, and countless others have been searching for and refining a philosophy of the human spirit. Humanism can be found in writings of Plato and Protagoras and in the thought of Confucius. It is ever-present in the work of Michel de Montaigne, and guided the thinking and activism of Harriet Taylor Mill. When Zora Neale Hurston writes, "Somebody else may have my rapturous glance at the archangels. The springing of the yellow line of morning out of the misty deep of dawn, is glory enough for me." That is humanism par excellence. In Humanly Possible, Bakewell puts forward that all the different meanings of "humanism" are worth looking at together because they are all concerned with humanitas, or, as she puts it, "our culture and learning, our words and art, our good manners and sociable desire to say hello to the universe." What unites humanists, religious or not, scholarly or not, philosophical or not, is that they all put the human world of culture and morality at the center of their concerns. What could be more human than that? Embracing and indeed celebrating humanism's swirling, kaleidoscopic, rich ambiguity, Bakewell sets out not just to trace this vital philosophical lineage through the lives of its major protagonists but in fact to make her own dazzling contribution to its expansive literature. The result is an intoxicating, joyful celebration of the human spirit from one of our most beloved and charming writers.
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Behind the Lens : The World Hockey Association 50 Years Later
by Steve Babineau
On October 12, 1972, legendary Boston sports photographer Steve Babineau was in attendance for the debut of the New England Whalers. They were taking on the Philadelphia Blazers at the old Boston Garden -- and Babs was shooting the action. Fifty years later, he's still photographing big-league sports events -- but this lovingly curated collection documents both his earliest published (and unseen) works and the wild emergence of the colorful, revolutionary, wild, and unforgettable WHA.
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These are the plunderers : how private equity runs -- and wrecks -- America
by Gretchen Morgenson
A Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist and a policy analyst expose the greed and pillaging of a small group of celebrated Wall Street financiers who use excessive debt and dubious practices to undermine our nation's economy while enriching themselves: private equity. Illustrations.
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This isn't going to end well : the true story of a man I thought I knew
by Daniel Wallace
In this part love story, part true crime, part desperate search for the self and how little we really can know one another, an acclaimed novelist goes down a dark path after his multi-talented longtime friend and brother-in-law - his biggest hero and inspiration - commits suicide. 50,000 first printing.
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Who We Lost : A Portable Covid Memorial
by Martha Greenwald
Who We Lost is the first book that directly acknowledges the free-floating grief of the COVID-bereaved, affirms that it must be addressed, and offers a purposeful activity that respects mourners as well as the mourned. In 2020, Martha Greenwald invited mourners to write memories of loved ones lost to COVID on the Who We Lost website. The site has been growing ever since, as the bereaved continue to write and publish stories, and the writers' toolbox section of the website offers guidance and prompts for anyone wishing to contribute their story about who they lost to this grassroots public memorial. The resultant book, Who We Lost: A Portable COVID Memorial, contains dozens of essays and a writing guide for those wishing to add their own story about a loved one who died from COVID. It is a community-generated tribute, a eulogy, a handbook, and a collective memorial.
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Money out loud : all the financial stuff no one taught us
by Berna Anat
From budgeting and money to debt and investing, this not-so-serious guide from the Financial Hype Woman explains the basics of personal finance to empower teens and young adults to shape their futures and change their world. 12,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Rick Steves Belgium : Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp & Ghent
by Rick Steves
Helping you plan the trip of a lifetime, this must-have travel guide provides the most up-to-date information for spending a week or more exploring Belgium, along with strategic advice, useful resources, detailed maps and much more. Illustrations.
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Project 562 : changing the way we see Native America
by Matika Wilbur
In this visually stunning celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, a critically acclaimed social documentarian and photographer presents compelling personal narratives of Native people and the issues they face that will inspire, educate and truly change the way we see Native America. Illustrations.
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Ordinary notes
by Christina Elizabeth Sharpe
Told through a series of 248 notes, this brilliant volume explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake, touching upon such themes as language, beauty, memory, history and literature. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Under alien skies : a sightseer's guide to the universe
by Philip C. Plait
Drawing on the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination, a renowned astronomer and science communicator takes us on an immersive tour of the universe to view ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer, including the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars. Illustrations.
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Biting the hand : growing up Asian in Black and White America
by Julia Sun-Joo Lee
A passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification. When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, following the murder of Latasha Harlins by a Korean shopkeeper, forced Julia to question her racial identity and complicity. She was neither Black nor white. So who was she? This question would follow Julia for years to come, resurfacing as she traded in her tumultuous childhood for the white upper echelon of elite academia. It was only when she began a PhD in English that she found answers--not in the Brontes or Austen, as Julia had planned, but rather in the brilliant prose of writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. Their works gave Julia the vocabulary and, more important, the permission to critically examine her own tortured position as an Asian American, setting off a powerful journey of racial reckoning, atonement, and self-discovery that has shaped her adult life. With prose by turns scathing and heart-wrenching, Julia Lee lays bare the complex disorientation and shame that stems from this country's imposed racial hierarchy to argue that Asian Americans must leverage their liminality for lasting social change alongside Black and brown communities.
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Chita : a memoir
by Chita Rivera
Published to mark her 90th birthday, this memoir from the legendary entertainer of stage and screen examines her upbringing and heritage, unique path to success. and the highs and lows of her extraordinary career. 30,000 first printing.
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You and your adult child : how to grow together in challenging times
by Laurence D. Steinberg
A much-needed guide for parents of people in their twenties and thirties from one of the world's leading developmental psychologists. Your child is now an adult, but your job as a parent is far from over. Instead, your role must evolve to meet their ongoing, changing needs. But what exactly are these new needs? And why are they so different now than they were when you were a young adult? This is the first comprehensive guide written for parents whose children are in two of the most crucial decades of life.
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Delish ultimate cocktails : why limit happy to an hour?
by Joanna Saltz
An illustrated guide to crafting over 100 perfect cocktails for every occasion, from margaritas and martinis to mocktails and creative boozy sweets, including Strawberry Frosâe, Dole Whip Margaritas, Flamin' Hot Cheetos Bloody Mary, Oreo Jell-O Shots and Moscow Mule Pops.
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Tasting history : explore the past through 4,000 years of recipes
by Max Miller
What began as a passion project when Max Miller was furloughed during Covid-19 has become a viral YouTube sensation. The Tasting History with Max Miller channel has thrilled food enthusiasts and history buffs alike as Miller recreates a dish from the past, often using historical recipes from vintage texts, but updated for modern kitchens as he tells stories behind the cuisine and culture. From ancient Rome to Ming China to medieval Europe and beyond, Miller has collected the best-loved recipes from around the world and has shared them with his fans. Now, with beautiful photographs portraying the dishes and historical artwork throughout, Tasting History compiles over sixty dishes.
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The portfolio life : how to future-proof your career, avoid burnout, and build a life bigger than your business card
by Christina Wallace
Having one full-time job is the riskiest career move you can make; we need a new path to design sustainable, future-proof, fulfilling lives that doesn't tie our identities and livelihoods to our jobs. In The Portfolio Life, Harvard professor, serial entrepreneur, and self-described "human Venn diagram" Christina Wallace delivers a model for thriving amidst the constant disruptions of the 21st century. Adapting tried-and-true practices from the business sector, Christina makes Portfolio Living accessible and actionable for all readers through tools like her Balanced Scorecard, 100 Wishes Assessment, time optimization benchmarks, and more. Make no mistake, Portfolio Living isn't about the future of work-this is the present of work. It grants you permission to step back from the cult of ambition and define your life beyond just your paid labor. It's the chance to live a life where you feel secure and fulfilled today, not someday, and design a satisfying, flexible path for the long haul. After all, you only live once.
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Mott Street : a Chinese American family's story of exclusion and homecoming
by Ava Chin
Beautifully written, meticulously researched and tremendously resonant, this sweeping narrative history of the Chinese Exclusion Act traces the story of her pioneering family members' epic journey to lay down roots in America, piecing together how they bore and resisted the weight of the Exclusion laws. Illustrations.
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The forgotten girls : a memoir of friendship and lost promise in rural America
by Monica Potts
While working as a journalist covering poverty, the author returns to her hometown in the Ozarks where she connects with her childhood best friend, who, once talented and ambitious, has become a statistic, and retraces the moments of decision and chance that led them toward two such different destinies.
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Wealth warrior : 8 steps for communities of color to conquer the stock market
by Linda Garcia
Financial educator Linda Garcia breaks down one of the most elusive yet effective financial systems in existence. A single mother at a young age, Linda struggled to survive. As bills and eviction notices flowed in, she felt stuck. After getting advice from a work friend, Linda took the leap and invested two hundred dollars. Soon, two hundred dollars a month grew to seven thousand dollars, then that became a high six-figure investment. Now she owns her home and is making more money than she'd ever imagined, and is ready to help other people of color access stock knowledge and achieve financial success. As a proud Latina, Garcia understands that building wealth can mean more than stepping into financial arenas historically kept from communities of color. It may first require getting to the root of our money wounds-the factors and experiences that limit our capacity to feel deserving of wealth and capable of building it. In this investing playbook, she guides you on how to establish a budget, create your "opportunity fund," and pay yourself first. She shows you how to analyze a company, choose the right stocks for you, and create a plan to multiply your money.
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On the origin of time : Stephen Hawking's final theory
by Thomas Hertog
Stephen Hawking's closest collaborator, who worked shoulder to shoulder for 20 years, presents a new vision of the universe's birth that will profoundly transform the way we think about our place in the order of the cosmos and may ultimately prove to be Hawking's greatest scientific legacy. Illustrations.
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You could make this place beautiful : a memoir
by Maggie Smith
The award-winning poet explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself, interweaving snapshots of a life with meditations on secrets, anger, forgiveness and narrative itself and revealing how, in the aftermath of loss, we can discover our power and make something beautiful.
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The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
by David Grann
In this tale of shipwreck, survival and savagery, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon recounts the events on His Majesty's Ship The Wager, a British vessel that left England in 1740 on a secret mission, resulting in a court martial that revealed a shocking truth. Illustrations.
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Pathogenesis : a history of the world in eight plagues
by Jonathan Kennedy
Drawing on the latest research in fields ranging from genetics and anthropology to archaeology and economics, this revelatory book takes us through 60,000 years of history to show how the major transformations in history have been shaped by eight major outbreaks of infectious disease. Illustrations.
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After the miracle : the political crusades of Helen Keller
by Max Wallace
This new biography of Helen Keller focuses on her later life as an advocate for social justice, including her crusade against Jim Crow and opposition to American intervention in World War I. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Like, literally, dude : arguing for the good in bad English
by Valerie Fridland
Drawing on more than 20 years of research, as well as weaving together history, psychology, science and amusing anecdotes, a noted linguist presents this entertaining exploration into speech habits we love to hate, discussing the dynamic, ongoing and empowering evolution of language.
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Moving the needle : what tight labor markets do for the poor
by Katherine S. Newman
Most research on poverty focuses on the damage that persistent unemployment causes for individuals, families, and neighborhoods. But what happens when jobs are plentiful and workers are hard to come by? Persistent labor shortages became the norm in 2022, but there have been a number of periods in American history where tight labor markets prevailed. Moving the Needle examines what happens when conditions favorable to workers create market pressures that boost wages at the bottom, improve benefits, pull the unemployed from the sidelines to the center of a burgeoning job market, lengthen job ladders, and dampen credentialism. Utilizing 79 years of quantitative and historical data, as well as fieldwork among employers, jobseekers, and long-time residents of poor neighborhoods, this book explores how profoundly positive tight labor markets are for labor and recommends policies that would keep that momentum moving when the conditions that spur it forward no longer hold.
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An army afire : how the US Army confronted its racial crisis in the Vietnam era
by Beth L. Bailey
By the Tet Offensive in early 1968, what had been widely heralded as the best qualified, best-trained army in US history was descending into crisis as the Vietnam War raged without end. Morale was tanking. AWOL rates were rising. And in August of that year, a group of Black soldiers seized control of the infamous Long Binh Jail, burned buildings, and beat a white inmate to death with a shovel. The days of 'same mud, same blood' were over, and by the end of the decade, a new generation of Black GIs had decisively rejected the slights and institutional racism their forefathers had endured. Acclaimed military historian Beth Bailey shows how the Army experienced, defined, and tried to solve racism and racial tension (in its own words, 'the problem of race') in the Vietnam War era. Some individuals were sympathetic to the problem but offered solutions that were more performative than transformational, while others proposed remedies that were antithetical to the army's fundamental principles of discipline, order, hierarchy, and authority. Bailey traces a frustrating yet fascinating arc where the army initially rushed to create solutions without taking the time to fully identify the origins, causes, and proliferation of racial tension. It was a difficult, messy process, but only after Army leaders ceased viewing the issue as a Black issue and accepted their own roles in contributing to the problem did change become possible.
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Tiny Felt Cuties & Creatures
by Delilah Iris
Craft adorable, trendy felt miniatures with this book of step-by-step tutorials and projects, featuring beautiful photos that illustrate easy felting techniques.
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Please, sorry, thanks : the three words that change everything
by Mark Batterson
The best predictor of success in life, in love, and in leadership is your proficiency at please, sorry, and thanks. Those three words are the foundation of all healthy relationships and successful careers. Those three words are the only ceiling on achieving your dreams. Those three words will determine how happy you are.
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The life council : 10 friends every woman needs
by Laura Tremaine
In this companion book to Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First, the writer and podcaster behind 10 Things to Tell You gives women the help they need to think about friendships in a new way and find true connection, freedom and joy in their relationships.
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Why am I like this? : how to break cycles, heal from trauma, and restore your faith
by Kobe Campbell
Why does our past pain continue to affect our present? Though many of us can point to patterns of brokenness in our lives, we don't know why they're there. No matter how hard we work, we can't seem to outrun the very things that break our hearts. That's because our everyday setbacks are rooted in our unaddressed wounds. In Why Am I Like This? seminary-trained, licensed trauma therapist Kobe Campbell helps us understand why it's so hard to break these patterns as she offers us a deeper understanding of how our past shapes our present. With tender wisdom, rare vulnerability, and profound honesty, Kobe reminds each reader that they're not alone, empowering them to step into healing with evidence-based, faith-filled coping skills and resources.
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Billy's Story
by Louise Allen
Foster care expert Louise has trouble on her hands from the first moment that 5-year-old Billy Blackthorn comes to stay. It is only as Louise begins to uncover the secrets of Billy's dark past that she begins to understand what made his family 'untouchable'.
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Soul boom : why we need a spiritual revolution
by Rainn Wilson
Best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on The Office, the comedic actor, producer and writer, sharing his struggles with loss and addiction, explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution to address today's greatest issues– mental health, racism and sexism, climate change and economic injustice. 75,000 first printing.
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Pasta veloce : 100 fast and irresistible recipes from Under the Tuscan sun
by Frances Mayes
Pasta Veloce offers a multitude of under-30-minute, luscious recipes, all accompanied by Mayes's evocative text. While there are numerous pasta cookbooks, few feature a true Italophile's passion and eye for detail that can get a dish to the table in, as Mayes describes, 'the time it takes to boil water.' From a Tagliatelle with Duck Confit, Chestnuts, and Coffee Reduction to a glittering Capellini with Golden Caviar to the perfect vodka sauce, Pasta Veloce is your guide on those nights when you're ready to skip the whole production of it but still want to eat like royalty in a rustic Italian village.
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The #Metoo Effect : What Happens When We Believe Women
by Leigh Gilmore
The #MeToo movement inspired millions to testify to the widespread experience of sexual violence. More broadly, it shifted the deeply ingrained response to women's accounts of sexual violence from doubting all of them to believing some of them. What changed? Leigh Gilmore provides a new account of #MeToo that reveals how storytelling by survivors propelled the call for sexual justice beyond courts and high-profile cases. At a time when the cultural conversation was fixated on appeals to legal and bureaucratic systems, narrative activism - storytelling in the service of social change - elevated survivors as authorities. Their testimony fused credibility and accountability into the #MeToo effect: uniting millions of separate accounts into an existential demand for sexual justice and the right to be heard. Gilmore reframes #MeToo as a breakthrough moment within a longer history of feminist thought and activism. She analyzes the centrality of autobiographical storytelling in intersectional and antirape activism and traces how literary representations of sexual violence dating from antiquity intertwine with cultural notions of doubt, obligation, and agency. By focusing on the intersectional prehistory of #MeToo, Gilmore sheds light on how survivors have used narrative to frame sexual violence as an urgent problem requiring structural solutions in diverse global contexts. Considering the roles of literature and literary criticism in movements for social change, The #MeToo Effect demonstrates how "reading like a survivor" provides resources for activism.
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The octopus in the parking garage : a call for climate resilience
by Robert R. M. Verchick
One cloudy day in Miami, an octopus was found in the parking garage of a fancy condominium complex. How it got there is a tale of quirky plumbing and climate breakdown. (In brief, sea-level rise caused a storm drain to reverse and burp out the cephalopod.) A funny Instagram meme, "the octopus in the parking garage" is also an eight-armed alarm bell, part of an urgent call to prepare ourselves for all the things that soaring heat, rising seas, and suped-up storms can do to us. It's a call for communities to develop climate resilience. That means "bouncing back better." Or as an expert might say, managing and recovering from a climate impact in a way that allows a community to learn, adapt, and thrive. This book explains, to non-experts, how we can manage current and future hazards of climate change that we can no longer avoid. How do we reach across party lines and get people to care more? How do we make plans that are flexible enough to handle surprises? How do we involve and address disadvantaged communities, which already bear the brunt of environmental risk? When do we resist? When do we adjust? When do we retreat? And by the way, who gets to decide? The book will take readers on a community-oriented journey, laying out the options and offering guidelines and insights to shape the conversation.
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Losing music : a memoir
by John Cotter
A devastating account of the author's experience with the debilitating condition known as Meniere's Disease that sheds urgent, bracingly honest light on both the taboos surrounding disability and the limits of medical science.
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Stella's Story
by Louise Allen
"Stella is just like a tiny bird. This is my first impression of her. A quiet little sparrow of a girl." In her brand new series 'Thrown Away Children', Louise Allen shares the harrowing stories she is exposed to as a foster mother. The first in the series, Stella's Story, tells the astonishing true story of a young girl scarred by an abusive past. Named after the lager that christened her at birth, Stella's life is characterised by instability and neglect. Her teenage mother abandons her in the first few weeks of her life, and left in the 'care' of her father, she ends up lying deserted in a house with no food, no water, no clothes, and no warmth. For little Stella, it seems as if she's been discarded for good. Constantly shifted back and forth between caregivers, she eventually lands in the care of foster carer Louise, who is determined to change her life for the better. Things seem to be going well - but when Stella has a startling response to having her photo taken, it becomes clear the scars of her abuse run deeper than anyone could have ever guessed. Often painful, but ultimately uplifting, this is a story of rebuilding a childhood from the ground up, and the heroism of one woman helping her recover.
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Abby's Story
by Louise Allen
Little Abby was suddenly removed from her adopted family before her fourth birthday, and placed in foster care hundreds of miles from home -with no explanation. When foster mum Louise opens the front door, she experiences the first uncomfortable shock: it's clear Abby has symptoms of foetal alcohol syndrome. Her challenging behaviour soon turns the household upside down. How can one six-year-old unleash such a whirlwind of emotional and physical devastation? Louise is about to find out - and to unwittingly discover the darkness of incest, rejection and abuse in Abby's past. The second story in the 'Thrown Away Children' series by foster mum Louise Allen.
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