This is a true story detailing the intimate realities of living with parents' alcoholism alongside childhood sexual abuse. It shows firsthand the devastating impact addictions bring to those who happen to be in their path. Now in her late thirties, author Jean Berry is getting a chance for the first time to tell her truth-a truth that somehow entangled itself into a deadly weave of family secrets born out of a burning need to protect the image of this outwardly successful family. This is a story of a girl who lost her way through believing others and not herself, but whose constant brush with the past finally brought her back on her path to life. At last she is at peace-a peace that comes only from going deep within. I have learnt that instead of judging I can lovingly choose, in every little way, all that is best for me."