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By Kate Holden, www.arcadepub.com
Release Date:
January 10, 2008
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Back Cover Synopsis
A shy, bookish college
graduate, a nice girl from a solid middle-class home but uncertain of her way in
life, Kate Holden tried her first hit of heroin as a one-time experiment, an
adventure with friends, but the drug took over. Hooked, she lost her job, her
apartment, stole from her family. Desperation drove her onto the streets, where
she became 'Lucy," offering her body for cash to the first car to stop,
risking arrest and, worse, the human predators anything for her next fix. With
her name on the police blotter, she left the streets and offered her services
to first one, then another high-class brothel, where she discovered hidden
strengths, as well as parts of herself that frightened her. Throughout, however
hurt and dismayed, her family never abandoned her, and their acceptance and
unyielding love helped her defeat the drug and leave her netherworld behind. In
taut, devastating, unflinching prose, Kate Holden recounts this journey with an
emotional honesty and genuineness that will leave no reader untouched.
Book Room Review
First, I want to praise Kate
Holden’s writing style. She captured me
the moment I opened the book. Kate is a
gifted writer and her words flow over you. The fact that heroin abuse can break down an
educated woman from a lovely middle class family is heart wrenching. The lengths she goes to in order to score a “fix”
are brutal and her account of her prostitution is painful to read. But it goes on and on. Personally I thought that part of her story was
over told. I would have liked to hear
more about her family, who kept taking her back time and time again, despite
her lies and thefts. For this reason, In
My Skin became an unpleasant read for me. I would also warn that this book is R-rated
and not for younger readers.
Book Room Grade
C
Review Posted: June 4, 2008
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