On My Nightstand - Lullabies for Little Criminals

Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill

On the back cover:
At thirteen, Baby vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation; still young enough to drag her dolls around in a vinyl suitcase yet old enough to know more than she should about urban cruelties.
Motherless, she lives with her father, Jules, who takes better care of his heroin habit than he does of his daughter.
Baby’s gift is a genius for spinning stories and for cherishing the small crumbs of happiness that fall into her lap.
But her blossoming beauty has captured the attention of a charismatic and dangerous local pimp who runs an army of sad, slavishly devoted girls – a volatile situation even the normally oblivious Jules cannot ignore.
And when an escape disguised as betrayal threatens to crush Baby’s spirit, she will ultimately realize that the power of salvation rests in her hands alone.

My take:
This is another book club book, so far I am about 1/3 of the way through.
I am finding it to be a pretty easy read and enjoying it – I hate the girl’s father – I can’t understand people like that, but being a father at 15 and being a drug addict just might not help you be a well rounded parent.
It is a very interesting book, to see a completely different perspective on poverty, the foster home juggle and growing up almost on the streets.