In this deeply personal story of childhood development, the author takes readers along through her own journey of growing up with repeated sexual, physical, and mental abuse which resulted in a lesson that even the best life would have to include an abusive partner. The reader witnesses a girl searching for a sense of reason and fighting to keep a vision of hope while confronting her truth that she is being groomed and encouraged to take the role of abuse victim in her adult relationships - not only by the direct abusers, but also by the women around her who are aware of what is taking place....