Carolyn St-Denis has a decision to make; does she succumb to the effects of abuse and kill herself, or does she fight for her education and finish high school? Set in Ontario, Canada, this unflinching memoir tells the story of an only child whose sexual abuse begins when she is a toddler.
Cursed with an unprotective mother and a tormenting stepfather, Carolyn is plagued with nightmares and finds solace in books, but especially in food.
The bigger her body become.