Very personal and at times heartbreaking, this book runs the gamut from comedic to tear-jerking, at times both funny and disturbing.”From a childhood packed with hideous, exploitative adults into an adolescence that sometimes reads like an encyclopedia of self-harm, Cat frankly exposes her frequently harrowing story. Evolving from coping through destructive self-hatred—eating disorders, sex, and myriad drugs—Cat slowly works toward self-acceptance and love through rock ‘n roll, the love and trust of her ever-patient and affectionate cat George, and a supportive community in her adopted home of Oakland. Cat’s journey towards peace, personal understanding, and self-approval—in a California landscape where food to nourish your pain is far more abundant than medicine is to heal it—is occasionally disconcerting, sometimes funny, and ultimately epic.