Marina Abramović's autobiography is a verbal statement, exuding the same power and fearlessness as her largely nonverbal artistic performances. With her characteristic dry humor, she recounts her childhood and adolescence, spent under the strict control of her authoritarian mother, and her art, imbued with an inexhaustible curiosity and a desire to understand people. The central section of the book is devoted to her relationship and collaboration with the artist Ulay—a relationship that, after 12 years, culminated in a spectacular joint performance on the Great Wall of China.