Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1173209 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

Awesome
This entire book had me on edge the entire time I read it. I too, spent years in psych hospitals, in the same years, around the same age. The tales she tells are horrific, but so sadly true, and I felt like she was telling my story. I am so emotional about this book I can barely type right. My own emotions are so tightly wound around this book and the issues raised that it just leapt off the page at me. This is truly inspiring for me. Daphne tells my story as she tells her own, and her courage and strength are exceptional.

A Must-Read for those interested in Gender Issues & Youth
Neither my partner or I could put this book down, positively frightening and compelling. Daphne Scholinski descended into a personal hell, simply because she was different. READ IT and find out how and why a lot of transgendered persons hide their transgendered issues.

An emotionally charged book
It's interesting to note as I read other reviews that the reviewers really are commenting more on themselves than on the book.... and I'm not surprized. This is a raw, emotional, maddening book that is living testemony to the necessity of listening to Alice Miller's criticisms of child-rearing and the psychiatric system. It is well-written, preserving the author's voice, but edited for good pacing; never being too voyeristic, but getting the power of the experiences across.