Sixteen-year-old Stephanie Conder could no longer stand living with her "drill sergeant" father and timid mother. So when her boyfriend offered her a new lifestyle that promised undreamed-of rewards, she jumped at the chance. At first, Stephanie found living in a posh New York City apartment exciting. But there was a price to pay.
She soon became involved in despicable crimes and fell victim to an enslaving drug habit. As she sunk lower into a meaningless existence, Stephanie was sure that she would die a violent death and saw no way out. Her criminal acts resulted in an inevitable term at Riker's Island. Despite the horror of prison, here she found the hope and freedom she needed to release her from her miserable lifestyle.
Content: car theft, physical abuse, drug use, burglary, abduction, gun violence, credit card fraud
Stephanie doesn't like her father, so she turns to a life of crime. This is a bit illogical.
Max, a drug dealer, is owed money by several people. He orders Stephanie to help him. She is to find a way to make each person pay his debt, or she can kill each person. Max doesn't care which Stephanie chooses. Since she doesn't want to kill anyone, she takes the first man, Jeffrey, to a motel where she handcuffs him to the toilet. Jeffrey obtains Max's money from his contacts, and then Max orders Stephanie take additional people to the motel.
Pretty soon, Stephanie has several prisoners with her in the motel room. I find this part of the story to be a bit absurd. Somehow, one woman manages to keep several men under her control in a motel room while they are free to move around in the room. Bizarrely, these people grow loyal to Stephanie and begin helping her with her schemes.
This is a very good book.
Candi and Kathy used and pushed drugs—and the narcotics agents were on to their game. After narrowly dodging the law, they moved to another part of town. Kathy decided prostitution was a safer business, and tried to persuade Candi to join her. But Candi knew she could never lower herself to that.
Her decision to help another dealer ended up sending her to the hospital with a shotgun wound. When she went back to Kathy, she began to steal money for a living. Though she resented robbery, to her it was better than prostitution. What would she do when an angry pimp gave her the choice between prostitution and her life?
Content: prostitution, drug use, robbery
I enjoyed this book.
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