In this collection of poems about the life of the author, Charlie B. shares the hardships she endured as a young woman encountering family crises, the wins and losses in love, and her own sexuality as well as the triumphs she achieved by breaking through barriers. Raised in an environment which viewed emotion as a sign of weakness, Charlie B. has powered through her domineering convictions to find healing within her own voice. In these dramatic poems full of heartache, disappointment and victory, Charlie B. shows that expression is a part of healing and that tragedy can soon become triumph.