Sadie Iacono tells her own deeply personal, devastatingly raw story of adoption, parental drug abuse, sexual assault, and personal transformation in this gut-wrenching memoir, How I Came to Be . The result is a book that cuts to the core of a brutally painful reality; that one in every five girls has been a victim of rape, sexual abuse, or attempted sexual assault by the age of seventeen. In this gritty true telling of one such story, there is no victim song. It is instead a song of triumph, of rising above, of conquering fear and hate with the help of a supportive community. Sadie's is a genuine, unguarded voice that speaks her truth with unflinching honesty*. How I Came to Be* is a courageous story that is as unsettling to read as it is impossible to ignore. A book you will not soon forget.