This is the very,very sad story of a little girl's life on a farm, with her step father who is a very cruel man, and her mother who is not much better, it tell's the story (quite graphically) of the sexual, mental and physical abuse this girl went through from when she was little more than a baby, it's not a "nice" book to read, but in fairness I don't think "nice" is the word meant for this book, it's very hard to read at times and had me in tears thinking what this child went through with no-one to help her. I read the book a week ago and I still get a lump in my throat when I think of her life with the people who were supposed to protect her.