This raw and powerful memoir is not only of one woman's struggle to survive the streets but also of her ascent to the top ranks of the new Mafia, where the only people more dangerous than rival gangs were members of her own.

Touch of love -- Damaged goods -- The birth of a rebel -- Loss of innocence -- Lady Q emerges -- The benefits of royalty -- The queen of talk -- All in the family -- The queen of kings -- Business is personal -- The price of loyalty -- Thy kingdom gone -- Change but still the same -- Moving on, painfully -- If I should die before I wake -- Results of a discarded life.