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Category - Non Fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Format - Paperback
Condition - Fair
Listed - 3 months ago
Views - 2
Ships From - Alabama
Est. Publication Date - Mar 2011
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With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years before. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate#11187-424-one of the millions of people who disappear "down the rabbit hole" of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of acceptance. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman's story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison—why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they're there. PHOTO: SAM ZALUTSKY "Moving ... transcends the memoir genre's usual self-centeredness to explore how human beings can always surprise you." — USA Today "It's a compelling awakening, and a harrowing one—both for the reader and for Kerman." -Newsweek.com
Overview
Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
ISBN: 9780385523394
Publisher Description
Follows the author's incarceration for drug trafficking, during which she gained a unique perspective on the criminal justice system and met a varied community of women living under exceptional circum...
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