Life began on a rocky foot for Anastasia, who was adopted shortly after birth in the poorest state of America. She was placed into the care of her maternal family after her mother was deemed unfit by an unjust court system, and forced to survive conditions that were constructed with her demise in mind. The author goes through her adolescent years detailing what life is like for many of the forgotten youth of America. She takes a deep dive into taboo topics providing an unobstructed view into some of the nation’s biggest barriers, providing her readers with a birds eye view into childhood trauma, and she doesn’t stop there. She speaks about how her childhood issues eventually bled into her adult life, and the struggles she went through while separating herself from numerous abusive relationships. She details the enormous amount of internal work she done to have a healthy lifestyle free from abuse. This is a must read for every genre of readers. It is a topic piece and a brilliant masterpiece.