This book is a great read. Although very heart wrenching, it is very detailed and well written. The awful things Michelle ''Shelly'' Knotek put her kids and two of her ''friends'' through is really unthinkable and monstrous. They suffer multiple physical as well as psycological and emotional abuse from a sadistic psycopathic monster. In this book, three sisters recount the horrendus memories of what they had to endure as well as watch others go through while their mother ''punished'' them. Their father all the while not really paying attention to what's going on even helps without question. Six lives ruined all because of one woman doing unthinkable acts upon the people she should care about the most. This is an amazing story of trauma and abuse, but also encouraging as the sisters so bravely do what needs to be done to survive their mother's horrible actions. I recommend this book 100%, I couldn't hardly put it down.