Anatomy of a Girl Gang (9781551525303)

ANATOMY OF A GIRL GANG

ANATOMY OF A GIRL GANG

Copyright © 2013 by Ashley Little

US edition published 2014

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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to persons either living or deceased is purely coincidental.

Editing by Susan Safyan

Book design by Gerilee McBride

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Little, Ashley, 1983–

Anatomy of a girl gang / Ashley Little.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-55152-530-3 (epub)

I. Title.

For the children of the Downtown Eastside and gang girls everywhere

The darkness of the mind & the darkness of death, & in between the bright day, bright city

—George Stanley,
Vancouver: A Poem

Contents

Prologue

      
Sly Girl

Part 1
:
Year of The Gun

      
1
.
Mac

      
2
.
Mercy

      
3
.
Mac

      
4
.
Kayos

      
5
.
Mercy

      
6
.
Sly Girl

      
7
.
Vancouver

      
8
.
Z

      
9
.
Mercy

    
10
.
Sly Girl

    
11
.
Vancouver

    
12
.
Mac

    
13
.
Sly Girl

    
14
.
Mercy

    
15
.
Kayos

    
16
.
Mercy

    
17
.
Z

    
18
.
Mac

    
19
.
Vancouver

    
20
.
Sly Girl

    
21
.
Kayos

    
22
.
Mercy

    
23
.
Sly Girl

    
24
.
Mac

    
25
.
Kayos

Part 2
:
Streets of Plenty

      
1
.
Mercy

      
2
.
Vancouver

      
3
.
Kayos

      
4
.
Z

      
5
.
Sly Girl

      
6
.
Kayos

      
7
.
Mercy

      
8
.
Mac

      
9
.
Vancouver

    
10
.
Mercy

    
11
.
Kayos

    
12
.
Z

    
13
.
Vancouver

    
14
.
Mac

    
15
.
Sly Girl

    
16
.
Z

    
17
.
Kayos

    
18
.
Mercy

    
19
.
Mac

    
20
.
Z

    
21
.
Mercy

    
22
.
Sly Girl

    
23
.
Kayos

    
24
.
Mercy

    
25
.
Vancouver

    
26
.
Sly Girl

    
27
.
Vancouver

    
28
.
Mac

    
29
.
Vancouver

    
30
.
Mercy

    
31
.
Kayos

    
32
.
Mac

    
33
.
Mercy

    
34
.
Z

    
35
.
Sly Girl

    
36
.
Kayos

    
37
.
Mercy

    
38
.
Sly Girl

    
39
.
Mercy

    
40
.
Mac

    
41
.
Vancouver

    
42
.
Sly Girl

    
43
.
Z

    
44
.
Sly Girl

Part 3
:
Down for Life

      
1
.
Kayos

      
2
.
Sly Girl

      
3
.
Mercy

      
4
.
Mac

      
5
.
Kayos

      
6
.
Mercy

      
7
.
Mac

      
8
.
Vancouver

      
9
.
Mercy

    
10
.
Kayos

    
11
.
Mercy

    
12
.
Mac

    
13
.
Z

    
14
.
Sly Girl

    
15
.
Mac

    
16
.
Mercy

    
17
.
Kayos

    
18
.
Mac

    
19
.
Mercy

    
20
.
Kayos

    
21
.
Sly Girl

    
22
.
Z

    
23
.
Mac

    
24
.
Vancouver

    
25
.
Sly Girl

    
26
.
Z

    
27
.
Mac

    
28
.
Z

    
29
.
Vancouver

    
30
.
Mac

    
31
.
Sly Girl

    
32
.
Mac

    
33
.
Sly Girl

Epilogue

      
Sly Girl

Acknowledgments

Glossary

About the Author

PROLOGUE

SLY GIRL