in my skin a memoir of addiction kate holden the frank harrowing and true story of one young woman s descent into heroin addiction and prostitution and the long arduous struggle to redeem her life that made her stronger kate holden was born in 1972 and graduated from the university of melbourne with an honors degree in classics and literature she won the judy duffy award for literary excellence for a draft manuscript of this book she lives in melbourne and is working on a novel a shy bookish college graduate a nice girl from a solid middle-class home but uncertain of her way in life kate holden ...