What is really fascinating about this book is the way the author has analyzed the evil stepmother as a type of borderline personality disorder; a sick mind in need of help. The evil stepmother is more than just a literary trope or stereotyped caricature; unfortunately, we can read about her every day in the news. This book is the riveting true story of a woman whose dark secret drives her to heap shame and guilt on innocent children just because they are in the way. The universally pervasive mythos of the evil stepmother is actually the portrait of a borderline personality disorder, a twisted mind who uses her sexuality and cunning to vent her own inner emptiness and hatred, fears and shame, on those most powerless and under her control, her stepchildren.