Yesterday's Warrior

In a memoir both heartbreaking and disturbing, Heather Harrison gives us the account of her teenage years with grit and unflinching honesty. A gifted girl expelled from school at fourteen, Harrison is alienated from her family and friends, struggling with addiction, street living, the dispassionate reality of government institutions, and puzzling psychological events. On her own, the world becomes her battlefield, and this memoir is her brutally candid account of how she came to survive.

A caveat: This book contains strong language and graphic content regarding addictions, abuse, and repressed memories.