Despair, Stronger Than Love

Bradley E. Clift

The Hartford Courant

Family Portrait--In happier times, just after Linda-Marie was born, Damaris and Edward posed for a portrait with the baby where they work, McDonald's. Damaris had given up drugs while pregnant with Linda-Marie, so that the child would not become infected or drug addicted. Within a month of this initial photo, Damaris, who is the mother of five, was back on the street addicted to heroin and hustling for money for her and for Eddie.

Bradley E. Clift, "Despair, Stronger Than Love," in POYi Archive, Item #19644, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/19644 (accessed April 21, 2025).