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Yakuza moon : memoirs of a gangster's daughter /

Tendō, Shōko, 1968-

Yakuza moon : memoirs of a gangster's daughter / Shoko Tendo ; translated by Louise Heal. - 1st pbk. ed. - Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 2008. - 195 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.

Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's activities, and terrorized at home by her father, who became a drunken, violent monster after his release from prison, Tendo rebelled. As a teenager she became a drug addict and a member of a girl gang. At the age of 15 she spent eight months in a juvenile detention center after getting into a fight with another gang.

9784770030863 9781568364384 (pbk)

2008039145


Tendō, Shōko, 1968-


Yakuza--Japan.
Children of gangsters--Japan--Biography.

HV6453.J33 / Y35813 2008

364.1092 B