
Thriving After Sexual Abuse
Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love
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Denise Bossarte
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Denise Bossarte
About this listen
- Kirkus Reviews feature in the “30 Great Indie Books Worth Discovering” March 2022 edition
- Indie Feature August 1, 2021 Kirkus Reviews
- Publisher Weekly “Indie Spotlight Jan 2022 - Self-Help and Inspirational” books
Thriving After Sexual Abuse is an eloquent and empathetic self-development book laying out a blueprint for survivors to heal themselves. Denise Bossarte writes with fierce candor as she shares her own traumatic experience with childhood sexual abuse. Thriving After Sexual Abuse provides tips and suggestions for listeners to seek help, self-reflect, and pursue healing through a range of activities and practices and offers tangible strategies for listeners to reclaim their lives and move forward to a life of thriving.
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Critic reviews
Gold Award winner, Nonfiction Book Awards
Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Self-Help category, 2022
Finalist, The Wishing Self Book Awards, Adult Non-fiction, 2022
Gold Award, Literary Titan Book Awards
Finalist, Best Book Awards, American Book Fest in the Self-Help: General, 2021
Finalist, Independent Author Network (IAN), Book of the Year Award, Non-fiction, 2021
Honoree, B.R.A.G. Medallion
Finalist, Kindle Book Awards, The Best of Indie, Non-fiction, 2021
Honorable Mention, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards Self-Help/Inspirational category
Quarterfinalist, BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest, Self-help Category, 2019
"A heartfelt and informative guide to recovery with searing literary recollections." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Well-written, thought-provoking, and sensitive, Bossarte’s Thriving After Sexual Abuse is a guidebook for a wide audience of readers who will immediately recognize its value whether they are survivors themselves or know someone who is." (Nonfiction Book Awards)