This is a fascinating, honest and, at times, bizarre account of psychic, Terry Iacuzzo's life. I could not put this book down --jaw-dropping accounts of psychic experiences and seances as well as descriptions of Terry's personal odyssey of drug use, sexual experimentation, assorted oddball friends -- some like protective angels to her, others very destructive.
The parts that were most difficult are the descriptions of her cold, undemonstrative parents and her excruciatingly cruel treatment by her brother, Frank Andrews and his lover, Jay. I found it mind-boggling that a brother could treat his sister so shabbily -- stealing $2,000 from her, forcing her to work to live in an unfurnished/unheated apartment, assigning her to the basement to live, not allowing her to be at home during the hours of 8:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Infuriating and incomprehensible that she would allow that kind of treatment!
I recommend the book to all who are interested in psychic phenomena, however - it is highly readable.
I am 3/4 done with this book, and I haven't finished it yet, but I wanted to write this review. It's about Terry's childhood, and then her life on her own, out in the big world. She goes to New York, gets jobs, gets roommates........and it continues about her discovering herself and her world and her relationship to her family members. It gets a little bogged down at times because it seems like she's having a hard time growing up and being on her own, and you just want her to get on with it.
There are some things in this book that caught me off guard a little. It got a little kinky and weird at times, but it is about her life and experiences, so you have to go with it to continue with the story. Like I said, I haven't finished it yet, but I am anxious to get back to it. She is a good story teller and is brutally honest. That's all I ask for in a good book. She has the guts to tell her story, because she doesn't always look good in the situations she finds herself in. She doesn't always make the right decisions!
So, At 3/4 done reading this book, I give it 5 stars because it has held my interest.
