Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.

A stark, uncensored account of 1970s Berlin youth, meeting in nightclubs and subway stations to score hard drugs. Many turned to selling themselves to afford this lifestyle. Told from the view of one girl who traded testimony against one of her regulars to avoid jail time, it serves as an effective cautionary tale about young urban teens growing up fast and wallowing in, or dying from, this hard life of vice. It's an important read for those not too sensitive to expose themselves to it.

This is a grim story of the descent into addiction. The feeling that the drugs won't get you because, somehow, you are different from everyone else. By the time you realise that you are no different you are too far gone to turn back though you still convince yourself, usually only yourself, that you are still not 'like them'. The them are those further down the rabbit hole than you are. N.B f/n 43, RAF means Red Army Faction not Royal Air Force.

Words aren't enough to describe this chaotic, awesome, sad,funny, truly nightmarish, fantastic, eye opening, tear shedding, heartbreaking, fabulous. .. see... even going there, living there, seeing it. . Please do yourself a favour and soak up every word and remember that it is her life. We're lucky to have her tell it and get invited along for the ride. XX