It’s jaw dropping scandalous…and it also happens to be raw and heart-wrenching.

This is the story of the life of Mackenzie Phillips thus far: daughter of the legendary John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, child star, drug addict survivor and incest victim.

Wonderful as it seems growing up the child of such a charismatic celebrity, it certainly proves the idiom that all that glitters is not gold.

“By making her search for redemption public -- despite the inevitable backlash -- Mackenzie Phillips may very well help others find it for themselves.”

It’s a brave, brave, brave memoir.