Books with author Laura Crawford

Rape and or sexual assault is a very traumatizing experience. The severe infringement on ones being, body and psyche is devastating. Recovery is often a long difficult journey full of highs and lows; confusion and anger; isolation and loneliness and embarking on an emotional rollercoaster. Rebuilding and recapturing one’s essence; feeling whole again and learning to trust are just some struggles Survivors face.There is so much literature available full of stats and technicalities but what Survivors need most from the moment the rape has occurred and through the life-long recovery process is commonality, gentleness, understanding, patience encouragement, coping strategies and skills. Looking at a bunch of statistics don’t provide that and may actually discourage the Survivor.Silent Tears is a book written by a Sexual Assault Survivor to provide that commonality, gentleness, understanding, patience, encouragement and coping mechanisms from someone who knows first- hand not only the statistics but the human side of this trauma.You are not alone, its ok to take all the time you need to heal. You can reclaim your power and your self-esteem. You can enjoy life again and be whole. You can also eventually acknowledge your sexuality again without being thrown off by it. Let me share what I have come to learn with you and all the has contributed to my breakthrough and healing; perhaps it can help you and at the very least provide comfort in knowing you are not crazy and you are not ruined. Often Survivors don't want to or know whom we can talk to or trust. Here is an outlet to be heard and to release negativity. Your life still has purpose. Let’s recapture it.

An arctic variation of "This is the House that Jack Built," In Arctic Waters follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals and beluga whales as they chase each other around "the ice that floats in the Arctic waters." Not only is the rhythmic, cumulative prose good for early readers; it is a pure delight to read aloud. The "For Creative Minds" section helps children learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

Rape and or sexual assault is a very traumatizing experience. The severe infringement on ones being, body and psyche is devastating. Recovery is often a long difficult journey full of highs and lows; confusion and anger; isolation and loneliness and embarking on an emotional rollercoaster. Rebuilding and recapturing one’s essence; feeling whole again and learning to trust are just some struggles Survivors face. There is so much literature available full of stats and technicalities but what Survivors need most from the moment the rape has occurred and through the life-long recovery process is commonality, gentleness, understanding, patience encouragement, coping strategies and skills. Looking at a bunch of statistics don’t provide that and may actually discourage the Survivor. Silent Tears is a book written by a Sexual Assault Survivor to provide that commonality, gentleness, understanding, patience, encouragement and coping mechanisms from someone who knows first- hand not only the statistics but the human side of this trauma. You are not alone, its ok to take all the time you need to heal. You can reclaim your power and your self-esteem. You can enjoy life again and be whole. You can also eventually acknowledge your sexuality again without being thrown off by it. Let me share what I have come to learn with you and all the has contributed to my breakthrough and healing; perhaps it can help you and at the very least provide comfort in knowing you are not crazy and you are not ruined. Often Survivors don't want to or know whom we can talk to or trust. Here is an outlet to be heard and to release negativity. Your life still has purpose. Let’s recapture it.

There's a secret in Miller's Creek, and the people who live there don't even know about it...yet. Lucy and her daughters--Connie, Wanda, and Amber--live in a quiet rural community where they run a bed and breakfast and a gift shop. Everyone in town seems to like them. They are attractive, intelligent, friendly, outgoing people who you would stop and say hi to whenever you met them around town. But they have a secret. They're witches. They want to become more engaged in the community and maybe even get married, but they fear the reaction to their secret. People have hundred-year-old prejudices, superstitions, and fears of witches, and they really don't want to be burned at the stake in the middle of town. They are good witches, not the evil witch from "Hansel and Gretel," but how do they make people see that and accept them? Join Lucy and the girls as they come out of the closet and embark on a journey that includes bumps in the road, misadventures, hijinks, humor, and sex as they go from being the nice family that runs the B&B to the much loved and respected witches of Miller's Creek.

The murder of a Beverly Hills psychic - fifth victim of the Ice Pick Killer - drafts Detective Art Murry and his partner Billy Kidman into a special LAPD task force, where Murry's intuitive hunches are ignored in favor of fitting together the "facts" that, so far, have led nowhere. But when Murry's intuition turns to psychic flashes, he sees a vision of his girlfriend, Medical Examiner Mary Eclair. She's dead, ice picks through her hands and feet. To try and save the woman he loves, Murry alienates his boss and his partner, risking his job and his life to find the killer. Billy, irritated at Murry's lack of communication and spooked by Chinese fortune cookies of doom, threatens to transfer to a different department where he'll have the opportunity to head his own investigations. The Ice Pick Killer has his own troubles. A burglar cleaned out his safe: cash, jewelry, and the set of ice picks intended for his next victim. To protect his identity, he must get the picks back. Ice Pick, an actor and make-up artist, masquerades as anyone from a priest to a security specialist, whatever it takes to win his victims' trust. And he already has his next victim - Mary Eclair - in his sights. While Murry follows a slim thread from a reported burglary to a dead thief, Ice Pick sets the trap for Eclair. Will Murry be able to sort through the clues in time to prevent her death? The breakneck pace of Fortune Cookie Karma hurtles the reader from murder on the first page to an explosive, skin-prickling conclusion. L. F. Crawford is the author of twelve novels, including two bestsellers. She won the Eppie award for Best Mystery Novel in 2000. Crawford lives with her husband and daughter in California.