DRUG ADDICT, PROSTITUTE, MUGGER, THIEF - THE TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE IN HELL
BELMONT TOWER BOOKS 508 50854 159
NEW YORK, USA
1ST PRINTING - NO DATE
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK UNDER THE TITLE 'COOKIE' BARTHOLOMEW HOUSE 1971
COOKIE
"At thirteen," says Barbara Quinn, "I was a gang leader in Yonkers, N.Y. At fourteen, I was arrested for sexual assault. At sixteen, I was married (the marriage didn't last long), at seventeen, I was a mother.
"At nineteen, I was a prostitute, mugger and thief. I drifted in and out of institutions for three years . . . and attempted suicide by knife, gas and pills."
Today Barbara is a Senior Addiction Specialist in the Human Resources Administration of the City of New York. Synanon was the turning point. She dropped the nickname "Cookie" and became Barbara once again.
After intense self-examination, she has written this courageous, explosive account of her youth. Those who are not repelled by the horror of this gripping history will be rewarded with the heartening story of a young girl's struggle for identity.
