At age ten, Tatum O'Neal be-came the youngest Oscar winner in history for her per-formance in the film classic Paper Moon. But behind the glittering fa-cade of Tatum's life lay heart break: abandonment, abuse, and neglect. Her alcoholic mother drift edinandout of her life. Her father grew increasingly punishing and distant. By her lateteens, Tatum had begun aperilouss lidein to self-destruction.

　　Then, just before her twenty-first birthday, Tatum met the man who would become her husband: the explosive tennis great John Mc Enroe. With the collapse of her marriage and noreal family to turn to, Tatum suc-cumbed to the demons of her past, which would nearly kill her.

　　Now she has emerged clean and sober, rediscovering herself as an actress, mother, and wonderfully vibrant woman in what she consid-ers the prime of her life.