Cold and Hot and Sore All Over

Sep 26, 2014 12:46

I keep remembering this book I read when I was a kid: Christiane F: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict. (When I say I was a kid, I mean I was 13. Yeah, possibly not the most appropriate reading material for most 13-year-old kids, but I found it riveting.) What I've always remembered most vividly about the book was the girl's ( Read more... )

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webmacher October 2 2014, 18:41:44 UTC
I'm pretty sure that book WAS written with 13 year olds in mind. There's some question about its authenticity, but it certainly doesn't make drug use sound fun or glamorous.

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