Lovelace describes finding out the difference between someone loving her, them loving the idea of love and her first experiences with the death of loved ones (her sister and her mother), and her first real experiences at acts of self love. Section two (the damsel) contains more fairy tale analogies-her difficult experiences manifest as dragons and the big bad wolf. The section ends with her locking herself away in a tower waiting for someone to rescue her not realizing she could be her own hero. As I read it, I couldn't help but admire her bravery and courage. The first section (the princess) focuses on her early life where Lovelace takes the reader on a journey including how she fell in love with books, her turbulent relationship with her mother and sister, her battle with an eating disorder and self harm, her first period, and her first kiss and the assault that followed. The book itself is a collection of poetry broken down into four sections: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you.
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