...is how I'd describe "Runaway." A collection of diary/journal entries, the book highlights and ups and downs (a lot of downs and very few ups) of the author's life as a street kid. Oh, and it's also supposed to pass off as a "...compelling and unsettling journey into the mind of a teenage girl." (as written by the Globe and Mail.) Hardly. This drivel is essentially 300 odd pages of self pity, regrets, and whines. The suffering experienced by the author was self inflicted and that warrants no pity whatsoever. The book absolutely terrible. Go borrow it from your local library and refrain from purchasing it. Even then I would advise against picking the thing up.If you want to read about true human suffering, misery, and hardship, do yourself a favour a pick up "The Diary of Anne Frank." The horrors that Anne had to live through makes Evelyn Lau's little stint on the streets look like a walk in the park by comparison.