Gangster's Paradise Children's and YA fiction Jessica Pryce knows the child

Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and

Collaborate with scientists

street-smart and has stood on her own two feet since childhood

or is she on a downward slope to disappointment

she describes the subtle and not-so-subtle ways she was pressured to have children and the feelings of isolation and self-doubt that ensued

Gangster's Paradise Children's and YA fiction Jessica Pryce knows the childThe much anticipated follow up to the bestseller that exposed the escalation of organised crime in New Zealand. Gangster's Paradise is about drugs, guns, gangs and money. Lots of money. A gang which took over a small rural town. A police officer shot and killed in a routine traffic stop. A port worker who helped a gang whisk a shipping container off a wharf in the middle of the night. A crew of corrupt baggage handlers smuggling meth into the country