Ann Pearlman, therapist, to discuss gang memoir

Wed, 05/03/2006 - 11:02am by ulrich

Local psychotherapist and writer Ann Pearlman will discuss her experiences in co-writing Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang, the autobiography of Colton Simpson, a former gang member and convicted felon, at the library's 'Sunday Edition' program on Sunday, May 7 at the Mallet's Creek branch library. Pearlman, also the author of Infidelity: A Memoir undertook the project, after initially turning it down, to help raise awareness of the dangers of gangs and the effect of gang culture on teens and young people.