There is inspiration in this book about skills, how to accelerate personal change, how to grieve and mourn your losses, find your strengths, deal with cruelty when you encounter it, and when and how much to trust people. The true stories show how children have survived their pain, and are an example to millions of people that once you find your inspiration, your life can unfold in miraculous ways once you speak your truth. Many of the kids described in the true stories have had positive adult lives. Happily, there are many of these kids who turned the chaos of their childhood, into planned, secure, and safe adulthood. If, as you read this book, you are reminded of things in your own childhood, invest in taking care of yourself. Seriously pay attention to your feelings. Corrosive feelings of anxiety and anger definitely need to be controlled in order to heal. Anxiety can be corrosive to your health, so you need to find a way to dial down what makes you anxious or unhappy. The book gives tips and steps for the actions you can still take to reduce the trauma of the past, and to not feel in some way defective.