In the tradition of The Glass Castle, a poignant, inspirational memoir of a lonely girl who survived decades of harrowing abuse at home to open her heart and redefine what it is to be a family and a mom.No child should grow up like Sandi Smith. At age 3, she was locked in a closet. By age 8, she was behind the wheel of a car, and by age 9, she was forced to hunt deer for food. She was bartered as a child laborer to pick pinto beans and forced to clean mote...

In the tradition of The Glass Castle, a poignant, inspirational memoir of a lonely girl who survived decades of harrowing abuse at home to open her heart and redefine what it is to be a family and a mom.No child should grow up like Sandi Smith. At age 3, she was locked in a closet. By age 8, she was behind the wheel of a car, and by age 9, she was forced to hunt deer for food. She was bartered as a child laborer to pick pinto beans and forced to clean mote...