Marni Mann is not the usual type
of author that I read. But this book caught my attention and I was compelled to
read it. I have to admit with a red face that it was not until 3/4 of the way
through the book that I realised it was fiction, but this says a lot about the
great story that it tells.
This book is a tale of a young
woman slowly sucked into a downward spiral of drug addiction in which heroin
reigns supreme. The development or should I say deconstruction of the
characters in this book is sublime; and as I have stated earlier it took me a
long time to cotton on to the fact this book was fiction.
Working in corrections for over
10 years as well as reading numerous books on substance addiction I found the
characters in this book extremely real, reflecting the drive and self-destructive
nature of addicts. This book in far from a comfortable read but the story it
tells is one no one should ignore.
4.5 Stars
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