When Michelle runs away from her drug-addicted mother, she has just enough money to make it to New York City, where she hopes to move in with a friend. But once she arrives at the bustling Port Authority, she is confronted with the terrifying truth: she is alone and out of options. Then she meets Devon, a good-looking, well-dressed guy who emerges from the crowd armed with a kind smile, a place for her to stay, and eyes that seem to understand exactly how she feels. But Devon is not what he seems to be, and soon Michelle finds herself engulfed in the world of child prostitution where he becomes her Daddy and she his Little Peach. It is a world of impossible choices, where the line between love and abuse, captor and savior, is blurred beyond recognition. This hauntingly vivid story illustrates the human spirit s indomitable search for home, and one girl s struggle to survive.
Michelle runs away from her drug-addicted mother to New York City and finds herself engulfed in the world of child prostitution. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and descriptions of physical abuse and sexual violence.
This book was really different. It was a crazy story that left me thinking A LOT when I was finished. But at the same time, the book never felt that intense or gripping—I think because of how it was written. Although it got my mind running wild with thoughts immediately after finishing, I fear that I will also forget this book fairly quickly. It didn't stick with me very well.
The writing style isn't exactly "traditional". It's very abrupt, with sentences like:
I saw this. This happened. That's there. He's looking at me. I can feel him. Now it's over.
It wasn't bad, it just made it difficult for me to really get into the story and feel like I was part of it. It lacked a certain depth, which is what normally would hook me in.
Still a good book, I just wish it could have been a bit more.
