Shortly after my memoir came out, three people told me what they thought of my book. These people are close to me and were mentioned in FREAK several times. Their involvement in my life was recorded in its pages. One of the three wished I hadn’t included a certain chapter, saying it was inappropriate. She…

The first word out of my ex-husband’s mouth was usually, “No.” It didn’t matter what I was asking. It didn’t matter if the answer was actually no. Or yes. Or maybe. Or sort of. Jasen would formulate the ‘No’ in his mouth before I finished asking the question, ready to speak it as soon as…