This is one of the best, most tragic memoirs I have ever read, if only because of how heartbreakingly gentle and sympathetic the author is towards her delusional, narcissistic and abusive parents - and how she somehow made me feel sorry for them too, even while loathing them. Read this book if you want to feel remind yourself to be grateful for the simple pleasures most take for granted: food on the table, a roof, unconditional parental love, choices, self-determination.