Although this book has some nominal entertainment and educational value, it left me irritated and insulted. Ms. Gottlieb was an eleven year old crying out for affection and attention, but instead conveys her "former self" through her over-achievement as an eleven year old and her mother's inadequacies. Her tone comes across as arrogant and less than believable. This coupled with the seductively posed author photo on the book jacket leaves me wondering if Ms. Gottlieb 'gets it' when it comes to the fact that a woman/girls self-worth should not be wrapped up so closely with Sex-appeal.