Stop Sexual Exploitation Week NL (Adult + YA)

Every May, Newfoundland & Labrador brings awareness to sexual exploitation in our province through increased education.

In collaboration with CASEY and Thrive, we have assembled a booklist for adults and young adults, covering the stories of real sexual abuse survivors and resources for understanding and healing from sexual abuse/exploitation.

Updated March 17, 2026
Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries
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Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice
Giuffre, Virginia Roberts
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell "Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which...
This happened to me : a reckoning
Price, Kate.
Paper Book
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One way back : a memoir
Ford, Christine Blasey
Paper Book
Now a New York Times bestseller "A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." --The Washington Post "An insightful tour de force." --People<...
Unbound : my story of liberation and the birth of the Me Too movement
Burke, Tarana
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Searing. Powerful. Needed." --Oprah "Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana's words are a testimony to liberation and love." --Brené Brown From...
American daughter : a memoir
Plymale, Stephanie Thornton
Paper Book
The sharp and surprising true story of a woman who finally sets out to understand her past, and the mother she had one day hoped to forget. Full of unexpected twists and unbelievable revelations, American Daughter is an immersive memoir that will have you on the edge of your seat to the very last...
Scared selfless : my journey from abuse and madness to surviving and thriving
Stevens, Michelle (Psychologist)
Paper Book
A powerful memoir of a shocking and improbable journey from torture to recovery. Scared Selfless will do for Multiple Personality Disorder what An Unquiet Mind did for bipolar depression. In this harrowing yet unflinching reflection, Michelle, now a psychotherapist, sheds light on the threat of...
The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State
Murad, Nadia
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE * In this "courageous" (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.   Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers...
The witness wore red : the 19th wife, who brought polygamous cult leaders to justice
Musser, Rebecca
Paper Book
The revealing and inspiring memoir of a woman forced into polygamous marriage in FLDS Church and her brave struggle to protect others from the same fate. Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside...

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