Caution: This book is based on a series of actual events and contains sexual content.For Adults 18+ Excerpts from the book: Sexual Abuse Story: Beaten and Scarred It is not necessary to follow the entire genealogy of the Gallagher family in terms of births and deaths but an overview shows how the family began its pattern of incest. The tradition that developed apparently during the 1860s was that the father had the right and expectation to be the person who took his daughters virginity. She told Anna about women who carried on lifelong sexual relationships with their fathers, brothers, and grandfathers. Anna's stomach rolled when she thought of the incestuous family history.