At 15, Elsie is a well-known figure in Avenues area doing what she knows best - surviving as a hooker. But the life of a prostitute, as Elsie and others have discovered, is not a bed of roses.At 15, Elsie is a well-known figure in Avenues area doing what she knows best - surviving as a hooker. But the life of a prostitute, as Elsie and others have discovered, is not a bed of roses.