{"product_id":"2026200014894-secondhand-h-autobiography-of-a-child-prostitute-and-heroin-addict","title":"'H': Autobiography Of A Child Prostitute And Heroin Addict","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd corgi ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew memoirs have shaken the world with the raw, unrelenting force of Christiane F.'s harrowing true account of adolescence lost to the streets of West Berlin. Written in the first person and drawn from extensive interviews, 'H': Autobiography of a Child Prostitute and Heroin Addict chronicles the descent of a young girl from the bleak housing projects of Gropiusstadt into the nightmare underworld of drug addiction and prostitution, centred around the infamous Zoo Station — a place that became synonymous with the darkest corners of 1970s urban Europe.\n\nWhat distinguishes this memoir from ordinary cautionary tales is its unflinching honesty and the visceral immediacy of Christiane's voice, which captures the seductive pull of heroin culture with as much clarity as it does the devastation that follows. A landmark work of social documentary, it ignited a fierce public debate across Germany and beyond about youth welfare, urban poverty, and systemic neglect — debates that remain urgently relevant today. For readers who dare to confront the unvarnished truth of a life lived on the edge of survival, this account is as impossible to put down as it is impossible to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203160809691,"sku":"2026200014894-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0e683ce0-00e2-49cf-9a7f-388b00d3ff76.png?v=1788144764","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014894-secondhand-h-autobiography-of-a-child-prostitute-and-heroin-addict","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}