The Open Book

I have just finished a Shawn Colvin's Memoir "A Diamond in the Rough" Great read!!!
I have posted here before with some of the lyrics to her just released album, which has more than one song written from the perspective of a woman that survived and is trying to heal from an N relationship. The record is fantastic!
In the book she openly talks about haven fallen prey to
"toxic narcissism".
This is an excerpt from the book which she describes her relationship with an N that discarded her. A little background, in the beginning of their relationship, this guy proclaims himself to be an "Open Book"...

"The Open Book became harder to crack than the Da Vinci Code. The Open Book is in another language. The Open Book is dedicated to no one. The Open Book has some pages missing. They will be the ones you need the most. You can study the Open Book as often as you like. There are quizzes. They make no sense. You resort to cheating to get the answers right. You make things up.
You open the book again and again, always hopeful. It's so glossy and beautiful. It smells like Fresh Sake Hair Cream. But it's blank, each page empty. This is what's really inside. Nothing."

- Shawn Colvin