Silverman, associate editor of the literary journal Fourth Genre, recounts her journey of recovery from sex addiction. Her memories of her childhood, her college years, and her self-destructive behavior are interspersed with her day-to-day discoveries in therapy. This is one of the few candid accounts by a woman to examine sexual addiction. Silverman is a professional speaker on topics of child abuse and addiction. An earlier memoir won the Associated Writing Programs Award in Creative Nonfiction. c. Book News Inc.