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Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo (German Edition)

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Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo is the best book I have ever read in my life! I think I already read it 8 times! And everytime I read it, I figured out more and more, about Christiane's life! And about the other people! I think it's good to publish books like this one. Its pretty interesting, and you can learn more about drugs! You can see how it affects people, and what some have to do to get the money for their drugs! She sold her body to get the money for her addiction! And it all started with smoking wheat, and then taking pills, ...and then being addicted to heroine. She had a very hard time. When they moved, when her parents divorced,... But she wasn't just a dumb teenager. You can see that very often, when you pay attention to the book! She was actually pretty smart, and cared about people, but while caring a lot about others, she forgot to care about herslef! She always wanted to be a good girl. As well there were times, when she was like most of the kids in her age. Doing stupid stuff! But everybody does/did that, and its not wrong, it's just a hard age! If Christiane wouldn't have found her boyfriend "Detlef", the story might be very different! She did a lot of things just like he did, she talks about that in the book very often! And because he was at the "Bahnhof Zoo", she was there everyday ,too. And that's the place where they get the money for their drugs, and their heroine. She tried a few times to get rid of her addiction. But if you were addicted to it once, you have a hard time to stay away from it! She was "clean" for a long time, but she still could not stay away from it a lot of times! I think everybody should read this book, about that little girl which got addicted to drugs, got money for them by selling her body, and didn't have a real, nice, and most of the times, funny life, like a lot of other teenagers, without being afraid of to look for money for the next "shot" of heroine.

This is a horror story- not in the cinimatic slasher/monster sense, but in the sense that it is jarring to think that these things REALLY happened to a REAL person. It is a slow-motion documentary of one girl's transformation from a bright and promising child to the walking cadavar of a heroin addict. I read this first when I was fourteen and living in Dortmund, Germany. No anti-drug message in any commercial, movie, or book has ever come close to affecting me to the extent that this novel has.

If you did not read this book yet , read it now.This is one of those book that leaves you without a coment.When I read WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO I tought a lot about it. It is a very good book and it is so not boring.I think this book should be in every school.In nowdays,young people think that drogs are fansy.When you read the book you will see that DROGS CAN KILL YOU!!!

An ugly, disgusting, horrible book.
Real and unvarnished, probably the most powewrful anti-drug message ever.
If you can read German (and handle north German slang of the late 70's), do yourself a favor and read the original.

Excellent book. Honest autobiography of a German girl from a torn family, who eventually becomes a heroine addict. The story is moving and shocking to say the least. It will definitely trigger some type of emotional response. I can only recommend it. Not sure if it was every printed in English.