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[DOWNLOAD] Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. (True Stories)

Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. (True Stories)

Christiane F., Christina Cartwright

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Christiane F., Christina Cartwright : Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. (True Stories) before purchasing it

in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.

(True Stories):

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Christiane F's brutal, honest story.By Stephanie TahanGreat book! I

first saw the film Christiane F. on YouTube (with English subtitles) and really enjoyed the film for how honest it was.

It was definitely difficult to watch but nevertheless it was a very well made film. It was also nice to see Bowie in it. ;)

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After watching the film I knew I had to read the book. I was happy to see that there was an English translation so I

bought it asap. It is a VERY graphic book, perhaps more graphic than the film, and it is absolutely brutal at times, but

it is a great read for any fans of the film and for those who are into 'drug stories'. I especially recommend this book to

fans of the film because obviously because it's a book, it goes more in depth as to why Christiane got into drugs. She

describes her relationship with her mother and her father, her childhood in Gropiustadt, her stay at NarcAnon, and of

course her friends from the film, Detlef, Stella, Axel, Babsi etc. There is even some pages where her mother tells her

side of the story which is heartbreaking. The film mainly touched upon her time when she first started going to The

Sound and trying drugs whereas the book starts from when she is a child. Anyways, this is definitely one of my

favorite books I've read so far!!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Innocence Lost and Never to be

ReclaimedBy ThornytoesWhat an unbelievably sad documentary of this girl's innocence lost to Berlin's underground

heroin and child prostitution scene circa 1978. Even though this story was translated from German to English, the

details and prose are not lost and are plenty sufficient to get into the mind of this girl and her tragic life. One has to

step away from this memoir and lay blame where it belongs. Regardless of the struggles and financial hardship of her

mother, there is certainly no conceivable excuse for her allowing a 13 year old girl to wander the streets, subways and

clubs of Berlin or to start sleeping with a 16 year old boyfriend in their own home. No amount of secular parenting at

any level could conceive of such permissiveness, especially 35 years ago. That her mother tepidly acknowledges the

error in her ways will never bring back the childhood innocence that Christiane never gets to experience.This is a

harrowing account of one girl's desire to be accepted and loved and her willingness to risk anything for it. It's a

disturbing read that one must be at least partially prepared for.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great

Memoir. Inspires me to finish my own.By Scarlet J.Excellent book.I bought it used and it was in decent shape .story

itself was better than movie , ofcourse.They always are but I am so impatient waiting for her second story to be printed

in English now. It is a little close to home. Zoo station right here in my home town except I was 15 and my path

started at 11 in the suburbs of a middle class neighborhood. I couldn't believe "I was reading my own thoughts and

feeling ". I am writing my own book . This has giving me more inspiration.I am clean and sober now but have health

issue from my unhealthy life but I have found recovery .I really hope Christiane finds Sovaldi , it's a miracle drug. If

so, Maybe she will write a third book about her recovery.

In 1978 Christiane F. testified against a man who had traded heroin for sex with teenage girls at Berlins notorious Zoo

Station. In the course of that trial, Christiane F. became connected with two journalists, and over time they helped to

turn her story - which begins with a dysfunctional but otherwise fairly normal childhood - into an acclaimed bestseller.

Christiane F.s rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, the longing for

acceptance, the thrilling risks, and even the musical obsessions that fill out the rest of Christianes existence will be

familiar to every reader. Christiane F.s Berlin is a strange and often terrifying place, but its also a place that remains

closer than we might think.

From BooklistDrug memoirs have long been a reliable mix of cautionary content, salacious detail, and voyeuristic

thrill, and this new translation of the long-out-of-print Christiane F., first published in 1978 and something of a cult

classic, delivers on every front. It follows Christiane, whose childhood in a Berlin ghetto was marked by a totally

apeshit father, lack of adult supervision, and an early involvement in drugs. As a preteen Christiane was already taking

a prolonged cruise through the entire pharmaceutical industry with stops at pot, quaaludes, acid, and more. At age 13,

she took her first snort of heroin. From there, it was a fast slide into larceny, turning tricks, and watching her friends

wither away and die. Christiane was in and out of rehab, and it was never long before she returned to the same routine:

whoring, shooting up, whoring, shooting up. Though the prose is dry, the details are undeniably powerfulfor example,

an apartments stench of blood from all of the discharged needles. Repetitive and numbing, for sure, but thats part of

the point. Grades 9-12. --Kraus, Daniel An eloquent memoir of teen drug abuse from 1970s Berlin retains a

contemporary feel in a new translation. . . . Disturbing but compelling. Kirkus s