Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.9
Points
12.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
74218
Points per Word
0.000162
Page Count
438
Points per Page
0.027397
Description
The author recalls growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings finally found the resources and will to leave. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and alcohol abuse.