Christiane F.

Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. | Christiane F.

#TitlesandTunes July #SexDrugsandRock&Roll Full disclosure I‘m rating the German TV show not the book. The show is based on the book and since I don‘t know enough German I read about 8 hours of subtitles. It was dark!!! Painful story handled with grace. It was full of sex (unfortunately the buying and selling kind), drugs (mostly heroine), RocknRoll (Bowie). Knowing its meaning I still love the song Big in Japan. All the trigger warnings.

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Sounds really dark but so perfect for this prompt. And the song you chose is among my favorites but I didn‘t know the meaning behind it. 1y

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Cuilin

Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. | Christiane F.

This has always been one of my favorite songs from the 80s, but it wasn‘t until about 10 months ago I learned what this song is actually about. Marian Gold lead singer with Alphaville said the song was about two lovers trying to get off heroin. He was influenced by what was happening in Berlin around the Zoo Banhoff area. The book is also about teens addicted to heroin in 1977 in Berlin.
#titlesandtunes

Cinfhen, BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Ohhhhh! #LiveAndLearn ….I never knew either and I LOVE this song 🎶 Book sounds great! Thanks for posting and sharing 1y

BarbaraBB I had no idea! I just sang along to it about a thousand times! 1y

dabbe Now I'm singing “Zoo Station“ by U2, too! 🤣🤣🤣 1y

Cuilin @dabbe Another great song. 1y

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Tiffiney

Christiane F.: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict | Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck

📖 Christiane F.
✍️ Julie Clark
🎞 Christmas Vacation
🎤 The Clash
🎵 Cherry Bomb

#manicmonday #LetterC @CBee

CBee Thanks for playing! 😊😊 2y

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Simche

Christiane F.: Autobiography of a Girl of the Streets and Heroin Addict | Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck

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Deeply disturbing, yet full of beauty and love.
Loved it a lot. Cried about it a lot.

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lukulamppu

Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. | Christiane F.

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This was very far from the books I usually read but once it got going I was very drawn to it. There was something about the way it‘s written that didn‘t want to let me go even when dealing with harsh events that were sometimes really difficult to read about. I was really surprised by how much I ended up liking it! The translation was also really good! #translatedbooks Book 3 for #ReadingEurope2020 #Germany @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Great review! 5y

BarbaraBB That is an oldie! I saw the movie as a kid and didn‘t even know it was based on a book! I now want to read it, thanks for bringing it up! 5y

lukulamppu @Librarybelle Thanks! 5y

lukulamppu @BarbaraBB You‘re welcome! I definitely recommend the book! I may have to check out the movie one of these days as well😄 5y

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