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I see that I'm not alone when I expected this book to be a biography and/or memoir. It wasn't that I was looking for the 'dirt' on the Judds; I'd just always liked Ashley Judd and wanted to read about her life. The chapters she does spend writing about her life are interesting and definitely heartbreaking; she appears to have been a very neglected child in a hugely dysfunctional family. However the majority of her long, long, long book is dedicated to her charity work with the foundation she works with, PSI. Although there's nothing wrong with reading about some of her charity work, this book was in sore need of a decent editor. It's simply too long. It's rife with information many of us already know...for example, that AIDS/HIV is an epidemic in third world countries. That women are subject to sexual slavery. That children are sold for sex. Really? She just rambles on and on and on about it until sadly, I was numbed to the suffering she saw and/or experienced. Although she comes off in some areas as a very humble person, in other areas she seems very arrogant and elitist. She tends to brag about her education, her 'four minors' and 'honors courses' in college, as if the rest of us haven't done anything nearly as great as what she's done. She also seems to fancy herself a great intellect. One of the saddest parts of the book is when she practically bites the head off of an innocent woman who thought she was on safari in Africa when she was really there for her charity work. I think she was downright cruel to that woman. Where's your humanity now Ashley? I really wish I hadn't bought the book and will be donating it it to charity.