Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, was at the height of her career—until a massive stroke cost her not only her health but her livelihood, family, fortune, and global fame. Over the course of these intimate pages, as candid as a personal conversation, Stone talks about her pivotal roles, her life-changing friendships, her worst disappointments, and her greatest accomplishments. She reveals how she went from a childhood of trauma and violence to a career in an industry that in many ways echoed those same assaults, under cover of money and glamour. She describes the strength and meaning she found in her children, and in her humanitarian efforts. And ultimately, she shares how she fought her way back to find not only her truth, but her family's reconciliation and love. Stone made headlines not just for her beauty and her talent but for her candor and her refusal to "play nice," and it's those same qualities that make this memoir so powerful.