"Yakuza Moon" is Shoko Tendo's memoirs.
Tendo was born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss.
The book gives her first-person account of the yakuza society, including drugs, sex, and guns in Japan's very 'peaceful' society.
At school she was known as the "yakuza kid' by teachers and classmates.
At home, she was the victim of her father's temper and lifestyle.
At age 15 she was the member of a gang, and at 18 addicted to drugs.
The only relationships she had with men were those that are befitting men with pinkies missing who must fight daily for their existence.
Her parents died and she tried to join them at her own hand.
Empowerment came when she had herself tattooed.
Yakuza Moon, now translated into English, is a rare glimpse from an insider's view into the closed world of the yakuza society.
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My heart goes out to Shoko for all that she had to endure since her childhood. But what is still greater is that she has emerged stronger. She could have choosen to continue to walk the same way but u didnt. She turned a new leaf.
In her concluding page in her novel shes says she has not done anything momentous or beautiful in her life up till now and that her life may seem shallow to the reader .....but I think although her life was shallow she has done something beautiful in her life by writing about herself she has given a life lesson to many people who would be reading it and may also change their perspective with the decisions they make in their life. So may godbless her and grant her nothing but good days now as she has carried her cross way too much .
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