
She tells of college years in Boston, an early marriage in Galveston, and a roller-coaster life of sex and self-destructive behavior.įinally, having become addicted to danger itself, she hits bottom emotionally and spiritually. Recounting her past experiences as part of her journey toward recovery, Sue William Silverman explores her skewed belief that sex is love, a belief that began with her father's sexual abuse from early childhood into adolescence. In this powerful, often lyrical memoir, a woman learns to value herself-as a whole person rather than as a sexual object.

A deeply personal story of a woman's addiction to and recovery from the high of dangerous encounters.
