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I know it's going to be passed urgently from hand to hand."-Rosellen Brown, author of Before and After, "Readers of Silverman's wrenching memoir.are in for a rough emotional ride, but it is well worth it."- Ms. Harrowing in its depiction of savage violation and profoundly moving in its portrait of a child's fear, confusion, and desperate search for a safe place."- Kirkus Reviews, "Nothing less than a bolt of electricity to the hopeful part of us that believes every portrait of a happy family that we see. I know it's going to be passed urgently from hand to hand."-Rosellen Brown, author ofBefore and After, "With great courage and startling compassion, Silverman tells story. Petersburg Times, "Nothing less than a bolt of electricity to the hopeful part of us that believes every portrait of a happy family that we see.

A remarkable achievement from a remarkable woman who forces us to look for a word beyond 'survivor.'"-Andrew Vachss, author of Haiku, "Silverman's lyric style transforms a ravaged childhood into a work of art.

"Living, empowering proof that an orchid can bloom right up through concrete.