Ashley Judd recounts sexual abuse and dark family secrets in memoir

Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Entertainment) - Coming from a famous family, Ashley Judd seemed to have lived a fabulous childhood, with her mom Naomi and sister Wynonna made names as country music icons. But this grown celebutante now reveals a dark family secret, including sexual abuse.

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In the 42-year-old actress' book, "All That Is Bitter and Sweet," released Tuesday, details how a horrifying sexual abuse experience later with an unnamed man led her into a deep depression.

She wrote: "An old man everyone knew beckoned me into a dark, empty corner of the business and offered me a quarter for the pinball machine at the pizza place if I'd sit on his lap."

"He opened his arms, I climbed up, and I was shocked when he suddenly clinched his arms around me, squeezing me and smothering my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue deep into my mouth."

RadarOnline.com has obtained snippets of the book, in which Ashley revealed that she led a painful life, struggling with being alone while her mother and sister were busy with their careers

She said her mother and her sister "have been quoted as saying that our family put the 'fun' in dysfunction. I wondered: 'Who, exactly, was having all the fun? What was I missing?'"

She also disclosed how Naomi led her father, Michael Ciminella, on to believe he was Wynona's father when it was actually Charlie Jordan, who wanted nothing to do with the pregnancy.

Ashley recalled "there was always marijuana inside the house" and that her father was "prone to taking hallucinogenics with friends on Saturday nights."

Naomi, after her marriage dissolved, had a boyfriend who was "abusive full-blown heroin addict with a criminal record" moved in with them.

The "Kiss the Girls" star continued, "I was taught to believe that our lifestyle was normal and never to question it or complain, even when I was left alone for hours, sometimes days at a time, or when I was passed without warning to yet another relative."

"I loved my mother, but at the same time I dreaded the mayhem and uncertainty that followed her everywhere… I often felt like an outsider observing my mom's life as she followed her own dreams."