Eden uses her own story as a backdrop to introduce numerous holy peoplelike Laura Vicuña, Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux who suffered sexual abuse or sexual inappropriateness, as well as saints such as Ignatius of Loyola who suffered other forms of mistreatment and abandonment. Readers seeking wholeness will discover saints with wounds like their own, whose stories bear witness to the transforming power of grace. Eden explores different dimensions of divine lovesheltering, compassion, and purification to help those sexually wounded in childhood understand their identity in the abiding love of Christ.