Poorly written and repetitive, this book puts the reader to sleep with its unending descriptions of the author's victimized stance vis-a-vis her trauma. It seemed more like a catalog of atrocities rather than any sort of helpful insight into either MPD/DID or even an abusive childhood. It needs a tough editor to hack out at least 100 pages of useless deadwood. Even the Courage To Heal, with all its flaws and controversy, is more informative than this. And I must disagree with the person who said that this would make a good movie; I do believe that such an effort would be either trashy, pornographic or both, just because of the extremely violent and sexually explicit nature of the abuse.