Biography
Chasing the Dragon: One Womans Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong's Drug Dens
Andrew Quicke, Jackie Pullinger
1980·256 pages
A British missionary's journey to help drug addicts in Hong Kong's notorious Walled City.
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A British missionary's journey to help drug addicts in Hong Kong's notorious Walled City.
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Jackie Pullinger is a British Protestant missionary to Hong Kong. At the age of 22 she moved to Hong Kong and began to reach out to the people of the Walled City. Her ministry started with only a handful of people but has grown steadily over the last fifty years. She founded the St. Stephen's Society, which is involved in drug rehabilitation in Hong Kong and the Philipines
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Romance & sex
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Brief mentions of prostitution as part of the setting.
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Minor references to crime and violence in the Walled City.
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Substance use
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Central theme of drug addiction; cautionary portrayal of heroin use.
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Strong Christian themes; conversion and faith central to the narrative.
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Minor social commentary on poverty and crime in Hong Kong.
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Abuse & suffering
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Recurring themes of systemic suffering and poverty in the Walled City.
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