Good Cop, Bad Daughter: Memoirs of an Unlikely Police Officer

Raised in a counter-culture environment during the summer of love, Karen Lynch initially despised authority figures. However, after the San Francisco Police Department's mandate to hire women, she felt driven to demonstrate that women could succeed in law enforcement. This choice estranged her from her anti-establishment mother, who labeled her a Nazi. Lynch's memoir explores her tumultuous upbringing with a bi-polar parent and reveals how her chaotic childhood ultimately equipped her for a career in policing.