Picking up where her underground classic Cunt left off, Inga Muscio explores the impacts of passive violence, sexual abuse, war, and cultural trauma on our most intimate lives, in order to uncover a path toward a more compassionate way of living. How do we recover from the trauma we have undergone and witnessed---as individuals, as families, as communities, and as a country? With her trademark wit, Muscio tackles dire topics with a freshness and bravery that allows her readers to meet brutality face-to-face, and react powerfully with righteous rage and hopeful determination.<BR><BR>Chilling, eye-opening, and thoroughly enjoyable, Rose offers a unique and exhilarating perspective on achieving authentic love and self-awareness in a violent world.<BR><BR>"Beautifully written and incredibly informative, this book is like no other. It made me laugh, cry and really appreciate what I have down there more than anything I've ever read. Not just an Owner's manual but a love letter to the most valuable thing on the planet Everyone who was born out of one needs to read Cunt---Margaret Cho<BR><BR>"Bright, sharp empowering long-lasting useful, sexy --- san Francisco Chronicle<BR><BR>"Cunt does for feminism what smoothies did for high-fiber diets---it reinvents the oft-indigestible into something sweet and delicious---Ophira Edut, Bust<BR><BR>"I have a new mantra---readinga. Her passion her courage and her incisive words on the most pressing issues of out time are a wonder to read and experience"---Luis J. Rodriguez, author of Always Running La Vido Loca Gong Days in L.A.