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I think I should have read Ordeal, Linda Lovelace's first book, rather than this one. Out of Bondage tells the story of how she came to tell the story she told in Ordeal. Out of Bondage kept my interest and everything, but I just had the sense that Lovelace was rehashing material she had already been through. Caveat lector: I'm about to rant a little... I also found myself getting really irritated with Lovelace's apparent refusal to take ANY responsibility for her actions. Yes, your mother was severe and controlling; yes, your family background set you up to have some problems; yes, Chuck Traynor was a really bad guy who treated you terribly and introduced you to a life of squalor. But...you were also AN ADULT when all this happened. No matter how low your self-esteem was, you can't blame other people for everything that happened. You made some really, really bad choices. It really bothers me when people act like everything bad that ever happens to them is someone else's fault. If you are alive and walking around, you ALWAYS have some kind of choice. Why is it so hard to say, "I have done some things in my life that I'm not proud of and that hurt me, and I regret them. I was really fucked up back then"? There is no shame in that.