At the age of five, Michael Ryan was molested by a neighbor. Nearly 40 years later, he found himself methodically preparing to seduce a girl who was barely more than a child. As Ryan describes his free fall into sexual obsession, he creates an autobiography that is at once harrowing and redemptive, heartbreaking and profoundly moral. "By turns repelling and seductive . . . absorbing and disquieting".--New York Times Book Review.
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At the age of five, Michael Ryan was molested by a neighbor. Nearly 40 years later, he found himself methodically preparing to seduce a girl who was barely more than a child. As Ryan describes his free fall into sexual obsession, he creates an autobiography that is at once harrowing and redemptive, heartbreaking and profoundly moral. "By turns repelling and seductive . . . absorbing and disquieting".--New York Times Book Review.
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This is a remarkable book not just because it is beautifully written, but because it is almot unbearably raw. I have recommended it to several therapists who work with victims of sexual abuse, and they have all found it extremely useful. I have heard such victims say that this book "saved" their lives. Nonetheless Michael Ryan is a wonderful story teller, a gifted writer (a poet), and he has made this into a very engaging tale. Parts of it are hard to read, but it is so inspiring, so fascinting, and so well crafted, that I recommend it to anyone.
