Tautly strung ... She has the self-awareness and the narrative skills to plumb the depths of her life experience ... Her background as a fiction write...is also impressively evident in the crafting of this book ... Palmer’s book is not just a thrilling story but also a forensic accounting of a situation whose moral complexities might be easily pushed under the rug — but Palmer examines them thoughtfully and in the context of similar problematic cases.
Page-turning ... Palmer writes of her terrifying past with an immediacy that draws readers in, and her story will linger long after the quick reading is done.
