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Read it in Dutch but yeah, still, awesome book.
 
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cuiomae | 29 other reviews | Aug 26, 2022 |
Da dove cominciare? mah... È un libro tosto. Di quelli che ti aprono gli occhi e ti fanno capire certe cose. Io non sono mai stata attratta dalle droghe, non mi è mai passato per la mente. Per questo, questo libro mi ha aperto gli occhi. Mi ha fatto capire davvero come si può sentire un drogato, e quello che davvero le istituzioni fanno. Ovvero nulla. Forse ora è diverso, ma allora era così.
Mi piacerebbe sapere di più di come è finito Detlef. Le ultime notizie risalgono al 1995. Stella è morta nel 2004.
Mi è dispiaciuto anche il fatto che non abbiamo messo le foto e i disegno che credo di aver capito fossero nella versione originale. Avrebbero reso tutto ancora più reale.
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thereadingpal | 29 other reviews | Jun 14, 2022 |
Sie ist heute sechzehn, kam mit zwölf in einem evangelischen Jugendheim zum Haschisch, mit dreizehn in einer Diskothek zum Heroin. Sie wurde süchtig, ging morgens zur Schule und nachmittags mit ihren ebenfalls heroinabhängigen Freunden auf den Kinderstrich am Bahnhof Zoo, um das Geld für die Droge zu beschaffen. Ihre Mutter bemerkte fast zwei Jahre Iang nichts vom Doppelleben ihrer Tochter. Christiane F. berichtet mit minuziösem Erinnerungsvermögen und rückhaltioser Offenheit über Schicksale von Kindern, die von der Öffentlichkeit erst als Drogentote zur Kenntnis genommen werden. Die Geschichte der Christiane F. wiederholt sich in Berlin, in Kleinstädten und Dörfern bereits zehntausendfach.

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Fredo68 | 29 other reviews | May 14, 2020 |
After reading this book I know what happened after Christiane was sent to the north of Germany.
It's a life journey I wouldn't have wished for her (and as a teenager after reading her book and watching the movie I was certain, hopefully that she was going to beat her addiction and her habits). But having lived about 30 years longer, I know life doesn't work that way. It still attacks and tries to get you, no matter how well your intentions are.

Reading this book made me involuntary compare the media attention for her in Germany with the media attention for princess Diana. Unwanted, having unforeseen consequences.

I still don't know whether she's still alive, I think I'll use Google to see if I can get more information on that.

All in all I liked the book. Part going back to her youth, part telling the story after, knowing that 'If I had.....' would probably have altered the course of her life. But a she's still a strong woman, who knows her lifestyle ruined her health, limits her days to be lived and limits her ability to live a life that's more free. And that's something she mostly only blames herself for.
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