Shh...don't tell-these words, spoken by her father, mark the beginning of a cycle of abuse that darkens the author's childhood and teen years. The men in Michelle's life were supposed to love, guide and protect her. Instead, her father, Jacob, a heroin user and alcoholic, begins molesting her when she is just a small child. Once he has gone, her mother's alcoholic and verbally abusive boyfriend, Brent, finds out about Jacob's mistreatment...