A dutiful son does what he can to make his parents proud, but becomes ensnared in a harrowing pattern of child sexual abuse lasting nearly a decade. Struggling with confusion, anxiety, overeating, and an unhealthy view of sex, he ends up repressing the painful memories for over thirty years. Then they surface, and with them—as recorded in this gripping and sometimes graphic true account—irrepressible shame that erodes his self-esteem and his ability to connect meaningfully with others. To heal from shame’s crippling effects, he uproots it, cluster by cluster, in a journey of perpetual growth.