About the book: 2021 / It took the author of this book 42 years to risk opening up to another person. Here is the story of a manipulator who wanted to recover and decided to have real intimacy. But being sincere is not easy. Can others love us for who we are? And why do we hide ourselves behind achievements, jokes and conversations about nothing? "Scary Close" is a book about how to build healthy relationships in which there is no place for pretense and lies, but where acceptance, honesty and unconditional love reign..