This memoir is on my short list of the best memoirs ever. Erika Krouse, known for her exquisite short fiction, turns her literary talents to telling a complex story that interleaves her work as a Private Investigator (a troubling case involving a culture of rape of young women at a university campus) and her own experiences of being sexually abused as a child, experiences made that much more traumatic by her mother's total lack of concern. This is gripping reading, and -- be warned -- it is hard to put the book down. From a literary perspective, the book is gold, beautifully written. But it's also deeply moving, and leaves readers with much to think about.