When you're a young woman who has been sexually abused, how do you carry on with your life? As authors Mindy Loiselle and Leslie Bailey Wright know, you do it with courage, curiosity, strength, and a need for space to explore questions and construct answers. This revised and expanded edition of Shining Through provides both space and insightful support for the courage these young women show in their everyday lives as they help themselves toward healing. To the well-received first edition, the authors have added thoughtful and practical material about self-esteem, body image, relationships, sexuality, therapy, and "the rest of my life." Girls ages 10 and up --- from the publisher Reviews: "Shining Through is a superb guide for young girls that can also help women understand the feelings they had as children. With the new material on body image and self-esteem, this revised edition is a timely and important aid for healing the whole self. Had it been available when I was a young girl, Shining Through would have changed my life by making possible my early release from a world of silent shame that lasted for 53 years." - Marilyn Van Derbur, former Miss America "In this revised edition, Mindy Loiselle and Leslie Wright have taken a good book and made it even better. They've sharpened and clarified their practical exercises and expanded and deepened their discussions, incorporating much new material. I understand that these two authors are fast at work on a similar workbook for abused boys. It's long overdue." - David L. Calof Editor Emeritus, Treating Abuse Today
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