At the age of twelve, Christiane F. discovers hashish in a youth home, and shortly after, heroin in a nightclub. She becomes addicted, attends school in the mornings, and in the afternoons, goes to the children's prostitution area at Zoo Station with her friends, who are also addicted to heroin. The Berliner Christiane F. recounts her sad story with meticulous memory and unreserved openness. A book that shook Germany in the 1970s and has lost none of its relevance to this day.