Good Cop, Bad Daughter by Karen Lynch
Karen Lynch was an unlikely person to become one of the first female cops in San Francisco. Raised by a counter-culture tribe in summer of love Haight-Ashbury, she was taught to despise The Man. But when the San Francisco Police Department was forced by court order to hire women, she found herself compelled to prove to the world that women could cut it as cops, a betrayal that caused her police-loathing mother to brand her a Nazi. Good Cop, Bad Daughter is an often humorous, poignant adventure story of Karen's journey from pot-smoking Cal student, to Renaissance bar serving wench, to street cop. Recounting the story of the first women cops, she reflects on life with her bi-polar mother, and comes to realize her chaotic past unwittingly provided the perfect foundation for her chosen career. As she finds family and acceptance in a men's club that never wanted her as a member, she fears she will one day face her mother, not as a daughter but as an arresting officer. When that day came, and it did, her private life and her career would collide dramatically.Karen Lynch was born and raised in San Francisco. She joined the San Francisco Police Department in 1981 after graduating from UC Berkeley. She resides in Novato with her husband and three children, including Kyra, who was the topic of a national essay contest that she won in 2012. Karen's memoir, Good Cop, Bad Daughter, tells how growing up with a bipolar mother prepared her for a career as a cop.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780988375420 |
| ISBN 10 | 0988375427 |
| Title | Good Cop, Bad Daughter |
| Author | Karen Lynch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nothing But The Truth, LLC |
| Year published | 2014-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 290 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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