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I first read this magical work over the December holidays when the season was sprinkled with warm childhood memories, and I was unable to put the book down. Mesmerized, I read on, fascinated by what proved to be a magical mystery tour through Lenore Terr’s previously told treatment of Cammie, a “wild child” who was a victim of and witness to brutal and sadistic early childhood trauma. ​