Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison /
Kerman, Piper.
Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison / Piper Kerman. - Large print edition. - 561 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print core . - Thorndike Press large print core series. .
Originally published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, the author 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, she 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.
1410472124 (hardcover) 9781410472120 (hardback)
2014023198
Kerman, Piper.
Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.)
Drug traffic.
Reformatories for women--Connecticut--Danbury.
Women prisoners--Biography.
Women prisoners--Social conditions.--United States
Large type books.
Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison / Piper Kerman. - Large print edition. - 561 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print core . - Thorndike Press large print core series. .
Originally published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2010.
With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, the author 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, she 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.
1410472124 (hardcover) 9781410472120 (hardback)
2014023198
Kerman, Piper.
Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.)
Drug traffic.
Reformatories for women--Connecticut--Danbury.
Women prisoners--Biography.
Women prisoners--Social conditions.--United States
Large type books.