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Polish
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Leila was born, brought up and educated in France, though her family came from Morocco. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she'd never met, fifteen years older than her, and from another country. This husband she didn't love controlled, dominated and even beat her, attempting to force her into submission. With extraordinary courage, going against the weight of family tradition, Leila fought to regain...
88) The runaway wife
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Language
English
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"When Rose Pritchard flees her abusive husband in the middle of the night, there's only one place she can think of going. Millthwaite is a remote village deep in the Lake District, hundreds of miles from her unhaappy home. It's also Rose's only link to Frasier McCleod. They met just once, long ago, but his kindness sparked a connection that has sustained her ever since"--Page 4 of cover.
89) A stir of bones
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Language
English
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After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, fourteen-year-old Susan Backstrom, with the help of some new friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself.
90) Control
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English
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Eight years after millionaire Robert married waitress Elsie and brought her to high society, she realizes her newfound wealth does not compensate for Robert's obsessive desire to control everything about their life together.
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English
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After eighteen-year-old Annie becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she marries her boyfriend, but slowly realizes that he is abusive and that she must decide what she can and will do about the relationship and to keep her daughter and herself safe. Includes information on the characteristics of abusive relationships and how to end them.