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Secret Life: An Autobiography

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At the age of five, Michael Ryan was molested by a neighbor. Nearly 40 years later, he found himself methodically preparing to seduce a girl who was barely more than a child. As Ryan describes his free fall into sexual obsession, he creates an autobiography that is at once harrowing and redemptive, heartbreaking and profoundly moral. "By turns repelling and seductive . . . absorbing and disquieting."--New York Times Book Review.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 25, 1996

ISBN: 0679767762

ISBN 13: 9780679767763

Secret Life: An Autobiography

3.6/5 ( ratings)

At the age of five, Michael Ryan was molested by a neighbor. Nearly 40 years later, he found himself methodically preparing to seduce a girl who was barely more than a child. As Ryan describes his free fall into sexual obsession, he creates an autobiography that is at once harrowing and redemptive, heartbreaking and profoundly moral. "By turns repelling and seductive . . . absorbing and disquieting."--New York Times Book Review.

Language: English

Pages: 356

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: June 25, 1996

ISBN: 0679767762

ISBN 13: 9780679767763

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