The entire book is based off of a woman who murders her step-father while he is raping her. She is seventeen when it happens and its described in great detail what he does before she manages to kill him. She does not tell anyone she was being raped at the time and instead remains quiet, later telling the readers how it started at age 13 and in great detail of when, who, how. Her mother ends up being the one who holds her down when the husband wants to "have sex" with her. She is later almost assaulted by a group of inmates but is saved. She is also drugged and it's heavily implied that she was raped but a kit comes back negative. She ends up finally telling someone in great detail about whar happened and why she killed her step-father before the book comes to an end.