Thanks to the publisher for the ARC. I felt the story was incomplete and should have covered the 24 years of sobriety and 'Tootsie''s relationship with her own daughter (and how that came about). I felt sorry for Tootsie's mother more than her. But all the best to her in the remainder of her life.

It was alright. It is terrible to be stuck in the hell called addiction. I would reccomend this book.

I found this to be a brutally honest account of a young girl ’s life who never really stood a chance. She was a toddler and was crying out for help, the only way she could and that was by acting out. She was sexually abused and emotionally abused by her mom’s boyfriend's, and I'm not certain if there was any physical abuse from her mom or her boyfriend's but she was neglected that's a given. Her mom was a working single mother who was raising two very different daughters. One was the status quo while the youngest one was headed for trouble. I know they say addiction is a disease, I'm sure it is, but when you are suffering from other issues like neglect, homelessness plus a whole plethora of other battles you need to escape be it alcohol, drugs or sex. After reading this book, I'll not so quickly pass judgment on anyone who is suffering from addiction. I hope other people will read her memoir and help others with what they learned. Very few families have not been touched by addiction in one form or another. I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. The opinion I expressed above are my own.

I feel bad for TM Raskin and what she went through but I had a very hard time getting through this book. I didn't (and I mean this in the nicest way possible) care for the way she wrote. There was no connection to the audience, it jumped around so much that after awhile I just kept reading and didn't really pay attention to the time frame AND there was tons of repetitive items that drove me nuts. After I finished the book I felt that this was more of a book for her to get out what she wanted instead of connecting to readers on her path and her recovery.
Good luck TM I hope you continued success.

Having dealt with the absolute epidemic of addiction within my family, my heart went out to this young lady. Addiction doesn't play favorites...it can quickly have anyone in it's firm grasp. I felt she covered all the ups and downs that go hand in hand with the lifestyle and truly empathized with her. Hopefully she'll live a long life in recovery.

Graphic, language and scenes. A powerful but sad story and with over 330 pages to face it appeals or saddens the reader on many levels. There are bad choices by the victim , and many evil choices by the manipulators and they are all suffering for bad decisions. The book let me knowing the quote I read this week was true, "There is far more to be human than just possessing the form".

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy.

Although this book is a harrowing tale of abuse and addiction it is difficult to get through. The book I feel could do with some better editing. The timelines are very confusing and there is a bit too much repetition.

I would like to thank Page Publishing and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Pink Tootsie-Potrait of a Drug Addict’ in exchange for my honest unbiased review.

This biography will NOT be to everyone’s taste. It deals with a very deep, dark , distrubiy topic. It is a nole holds barred attitude in it.
The author TM Raskin has lauded herself bare. There is no stone unturned about her life, her terrible upbringing, her life with drugs , violence. This book kept me intrigued by the subject matter and willing her to get out and have a better life.

Wow! This is the raw and brutally honest account of how the author became a drug addict due to abuse and neglect in her childhood. The author does not shy away from sharing intimate details of the tragedies that occurred in her life or of her drug abuse and crimes that she committed.

A memoir of a drug addict. She is painfully honest in portraying how she became an addict. Starting exceptionally young with the easy drugs and going through the hard drugs. Her feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness. The attention she craved from her mother. The lying the stealing, the cheating with no sense of conscience. You are taken through the wonderful feeling of her becoming clean and sober and are genuinely sad when the relapses happen. A definite must read.