In what may be Dickens's best novel, humble, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman — and one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride.

Two journalists of 'Shtern'magazine Kay Kerman and Horst Rik met Christiane 1978th in Berlin, where she was a witness at the trial of the man who procured girls, paying them with heroine.Wanting to disclose to the problem of drug addiction among teenagers,they arranged an interview with Christiane.From those discussions and conversations became the book "We children from Bahnhof Zoo", harrowing testimony,true story of a girl who becomes a heroin addict at the age of fourteen.

In 1978 Christiane F. testified against a man who had traded heroin for sex with teenage girls at Berlin's notorious Zoo Station. In the course of that trial, Christiane F. became connected with two journalists—Kai Hermann and Horst Rieck. From those discussions and conversations became the book "We children from Bahnhof Zoo", true story of a girl who becomes a heroin addict at the age of fourteen. Christiane F.'s rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, the longing for acceptance, the thrilling risks, and even the musical obsessions that fill out the rest of Christiane's existence will be familiar to every reader. Christiane F.'s Berlin is a strange and often terrifying place, but it's also a place that remains closer than we might think...