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Convicted on a drug charge from ten years in her past, Piper Kerman is sentenced to 15 months in prison. This is a memoir where she recounts her experiences and tries to find a larger meaning in those experiences.
As a wealthy, well-educated white woman with an amazing support system at home, Piper isn't a typical inmate and has a relatively easy time, both during her time in prison and when she returns to civilian life.
The TV version of Piper's story uses her memoir as a jumping-off point, but ...more
As a wealthy, well-educated white woman with an amazing support system at home, Piper isn't a typical inmate and has a relatively easy time, both during her time in prison and when she returns to civilian life.
The TV version of Piper's story uses her memoir as a jumping-off point, but ...more
I really love the Netflix series, and it was good to read the true story, but I prefer the embellished tv version.
Not to be mean but this book was horribly written. Repetitive and boring. It was interesting to hear was prison is like. But for all the bad things she encountered maybe it would have been a good idea for her to get out and try to help some of those women she met inside. Just a thought.
I’m a big fan of the show, and the show stuck pretty close to the book in the first two seasons, so all of my reactions to the book are similar to my reactions to the show. I liked the sensitivity Kerman shows to most of her fellow inmates, and I appreciated her detailed, exacting descriptions of just how fucked up, unfair, and futile the criminal justice system is, especially re nonviolent drug offense mandatory sentencing. I might not want to hang out with Kerman, but I was relieved for her wh
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WOW. I can't even imagine how terrifying it would be to be in prison, but Piper gives me an idea.
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