A Harrowing Journey Through the Tunnels of Addiction and Redemption
When Tina S. meets April, a teenage runaway, she thinks she's found her best friend. Leaving behind her dysfunctional family, Tina joins April in the tunnels of Grand Central Station amidst the homeless and drug addicted. Soon, she's bingeing on crack—just like April—and stealing, scamming, and panhandling to support her habit and survive on the unforgiving streets of New York City.
In her own words, Tina describes her descent into crack addiction, the trauma of being raped in the tunnels, her arrests and jail time, and the overwhelming grief and guilt she feels over the death of April, whom she'd come to love. Facing the grim reality that each day could be her last, Tina takes her first difficult steps towards reclaiming a normal life.
With the support of a homeless advocate and his wife, a gay uncle battling AIDS, and the woman who would become her co-author, Tina turns her life around and makes her way back from the edge. Living at the Edge of the World is a raw and unflinching memoir of overcoming adversity and finding hope in the darkest of places.