Angela, a successful attorney, decides to revisit her painful childhood in an attempt to heal from the abuse and neglect she suffered as a foster child and her conflicted relationship with her biological father, Luigi. The book chronicles her experiences in each of six placements between the ages of 5 and 16, as she grows in assertiveness and achieves. The author offers a seven step strategy to heal old emotional wounds, and shows (through Angela), that a difficult childhood does not have to hold you back or continue to haunt you.