The author, while obviously doing her best to exorcise the demons of her past in this book, is not, finally, a writer. I found the dialogue, in particular, stilted and not very believeable. I also could not help being suspicious about all the detail of the sexual abuse by her father--it seemed rather lurid and unnecessary, and I couldn't help suspecting that its main purpose might have been to get readers rather than to convey a feeling sense of the pain the author endured. I have been more moved by many books that are much more restrained.