Karen lynch was an unlikely person to become one of the first female cops in san francisco. This memoir is a non stop window into a world of strength, determinations, wiles, courage, brains and resilience. My daughter in law used it to help her learn english. This is the best book ever written about the british war on drugs. Good cop, bad daughter is an often humorous, poignant adventure story of karens journey from potsmoking cal student, to renaissance bar serving wench, to street cop. We watched it together and it is a dramacomedy kind of cop movie.
While memoir is not my genre of choice, i was propelled to this book by a. I have always been a fan of what drives us to be and do what we do. What might have been a hard book to read is leavened by a deeptothebone sense of humor that, ironically, might have been the one legacy bequeathed to her. Buy good cop bad war unabridged audiobook 8 cds by neil woods isbn. Recounting the story of the first women cops, she reflects on life with her bipolar mother, and comes to realize her chaotic past unwittingly provided the perfect foundation for her chosen career. A poignant and humorous story of a young womans journey from chaotic childhood to san. Memoirs of an unlikely police officer kindle edition by. Her memoir, good cop, bad daughter, is the story of how growing up with a bipolar mother trained karen to be a cop. Good cop, bad daughters karen lynch was raised by a. Buy good cop, bad war by neil woods, js rafaeli isbn. Theres a bevvy of things going on in the storyline with murder and domestic abuse, but theres also an emphasis on the developing relationship between the pi parker and miranda who have absolutely nothing in common. More to the point, the good daughter is karin slaughter s most ambitious, most emotional, and best novel. Someone elses daughter is a great story with plenty of angst and darkness. Karin slaughter has by far the best name of all of us mystery novelists.
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