I am reading a book by Daleen Berry which is her true story about abuse both physical and mental and how she rose from being a teen mother with 4 children by age 22 to an award winning writer. It is just impossible to put down. Name of the book is "Sister of Silence" and can be purchased at:
http://www.nellieblybooks.com/sister-of-silence.html
or
http://www.amazon.com/Sister-Silence.../dp/0615388604