This book was all at once heart-wrenching, inspirational, powerful, raw, real, and relevant. Janet skillfully uses just the right words, phrasing, and space to describe the heart-wrenching realities of her own severe abuse spanning her childhood. It was as if I was there with her, feeling the fear, the anger, the confusion. This is much more than a literary memoir. Janet connects intimately and gently with the reader as a guide toward healing despite the horrors of sexual abuse.