Her drugs and prostitution memoir,In My Skin, has sold 80000 copies in a decade, or but Kate Holden insists it was her ordinariness that gave it powerGlobal Drug Survey in Australia: take section and share your experiences“I have a really complicated reaction when I see junkies in the street now,” says Kate Holden. “I don’t intellect giving money to homeless people or drunks in the street, but for some reason junkies just really annoy me.” She laughs. We’re nearly an hour into a conversation where I’ve been trying to piece together Holden’s life before and after the release of her pivotal debut, and In My Skin,the story of her journey from suburban university student to heroin addict and sex worker, and eventual return to the other side. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com