see this picture above ? see a girl covered with tatoos ? I WANT THIS BOOK !! HAHAHAHAHA !!! it's really nice .. really ! a few days ago saw shavon kept going around with that book ( did not know it was SO INTERESTING ) . but today i just merely borrowed it from her during class and read a few pages . within less than 10 minutes i read till page 20 already . by that time it was CCA so i have to return her the book . it was her brother's book . have to claim for permission before lending me this book , but i want my own !!! (: but it's very expensive - $35+ selling in popular . but i checked it's selling $32.71 in internet ( still expensive la ) .

website --- http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.cfm?SBNum=41925

A shocking yet intensely moving first-person account of one woman's experience of growing up in Japan's yakuza society. Born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lives her early years in luxury. But labelled "the yakuza kid", she is the victim of bullying and discrimination from teachers and classmates at school, and of her father's violent rages at home. The family falls into debt and Tendo falls in with the wrong crowd. By the age of fifteen she is a gang member, by the age of eighteen a drug addict, and her young adulthood is marked by a series of abusive and violent relationships with men. After the death of her parents and her own attempt at suicide, Tendo turns her life around. A pivotal moment is the decision to get tattooed: an act of empowerment that helps her take control of her life. This is the universally appealing story of a young woman's successful struggle to escape from a life of ostracism and abuse, and a rare glimpse into Japan's closed yakuza world from an insider's viewpoint. Translated by Louise Heal.

interested by reading the summary .. ONLY ? HAHAHAHAHAAHHA ((((: