Women living with self-injury

Prologue. Home, sweet home

The last secret: self-injuring women speak

From childhood abuse to adult behavior

Meredith tells her story

Self-injuring women at the workplace

Life with lovers, families, and friends

Helena's struggle with compulsion

Help for women who self-injure and their therapists

Sarah O.'s past and present

Recovery: hopes and achievements

Epilogue. Three faces of self-injury.