This book can be seen as a kind of sporadic, incomplete autobiography. While it does not contain reports on external facts, it offers insights into the inner development of the author. This is expressed in the language of images that were not planned or designed but emerged spontaneously, as if dictated by the unconscious. The images hint at the story of an isolated child who desperately and vainly seeks the closeness of her parents, uncertain about her life, and of the protection provided by the adult woman who, only in her later years, fully understood the pains and fears of her early years and was thus able to free herself from their consequences. Through 66 images from the years 1973 to 2005, Alice Miller narrates the story of her inner development—a captivating and colorful tale.