I just bought this book with an advice of a friend. I finished it in one day. But yet, I have never read such a story of my life. All that is told about drugs nothing beside "Christiane F." The book is more or less done as an account of the interview which took place between Christiane F. and the two reporters Rieck and Hermann. Instead of true chapters there long sections of recounting Christiane, mother (very emotional confession) and various personages related to drug epidemic in Berlin at the time. Having never been to Berlin, I was quite surprised to find it described like that (large dormitory cities, widespread crime, poverty, unemployment, distanced schools and indifferent teachers ...). A force to admit, I thought that all that existed only at home, in the USA. I stand corrected. The personages who are in the projecting evocative are just kids. Pure and simple. The image of a girl of fourteen (my brother's age) by hustling the metro and stashed on the floor with arms needle still made me fear an incredible way. For the first time in my life, I cried while reading a book. So if I can remove myself from these thoughts, I suggest this book to everyone. No matter whether you are a doctor, advocate, teacher, student, farmer, or even old escaped the drug yourself! Everyone will draw something good in reading this story. Addiction is something that is terribly malcompris today. It was quickly condemned addicts to have committed serious transgressions in their lives. One hardly thinks of the situations and circumstances that forced them to auberger in the world of the cam. But even those who think so will find themselves trying to identify with Christiane and frightening spiral of "lack of crisis" Although heroin still not affecting our communities and our loved ones (which becomes less and less true for that matter) worldwide in bénéficera to be a journey into the true hell that was the Bahnhof Zoo. I hope that Christiane F.'s story will never be forgotten. I wish you good reading and better understanding the world of drug addiction.