The Whore of Babylon, a Memoir

Prado s latest novel centers on a mother who embarks on a mission to rescue her daughter from the mean streets of San Francisco Margot Skinner can t bear to see her 15 year old daughter Robyn dolled up in fishnets and spiked heels while her room devolves into a sty and her truancy and rebelliousness accelerate Aided by two private investigators and a streetwise nun Margot scours the notorious Tenderloin district in search of her runaway daughter who may have fallen into the clutches of a local pimp named Blu Boy Prado writes in a visceral present tense elevating her drama with crisp sensory details as she skillfully employs the solid pacing and atmosphere of a crime novel Prado commands a robust vocabulary and tells a searing tale laced with disturbingly candid insight This taut mix of memoir novel and crime drama succeeds through vivid writing and soulful revelations