She was inspired to write the book after her son referred to her ex-husband as a sociopath.
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Although deafened in one ear and her face partially paralyzed, she survived the shooting and was able to give a description of her assailant and a t-shirt that Fisher had shown her before she shot her.
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The shirt had the "Complete Auto Body & Fender" logo of Buttafuoco's auto body shop in Baldwin, Nassau County, was a gift from Joey Buttafuoco to Fisher.
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Mary Jo Buttafuoco is an American author, motivational speaker, and ex-wife of Joey Buttafuoco.
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Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974) is an American woman who became known as "the Long Island Lolita" by the media in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco.
In 2006, Fisher reunited with Mary Jo Buttafuoco in sessions televised for Entertainment Tonight and its spin-off The Insider.