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Women Doing Time on the Outside
Harmony
June 2007
On Sale: June 12, 2007
272 pages
ISBN: 0307338363
EAN: 9780307338365
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
When a friend who taught creative writing at a
maximum-security prison asked Bridget Kinsella to read the
work of one of his best students, she readily agreed. As a
publishing professional, Kinsella was used to getting
manuscripts from all sorts of sources. Who knows? she told
herself. Maybe I can help this talented inmate get his work
published. She had no idea that her correspondence with a
convicted murderer serving life without parole would lead to
a relationship that would change her life forever. Why in
the world would anyone get involved with a prison inmate? In this beautifully written, brutally honest memoir,
Kinsella shares how she stumbled into a relationship with a
lifer and became part of a sorority she never thought she’d
join. Over the course of three years, she spends time with
and ultimately befriends the wives, girlfriends, and mothers
of some inmates at Pelican Bay. On this unexpected journey,
she learns of the hurdles, heartbreaks, and hopes they have
for their relationships as she experiences a connection with
someone who helps heal her own wounds. As the United States continues to incarcerate convicted
criminals for increasingly long periods of time, our prison
rolls swell to unprecedented levels—more than two million
today—as does the number of women and children whose lives
are thrown into limbo and who live for their next “visiting
time.” Through the lens of her own unlikely experience,
Kinsella examines those impacted by crime and punishment
with keen observation, candor, and compassion.
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