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Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison / Piper Kerman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print core seriesPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Large print editionDescription: 561 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1410472124 (hardcover)
  • 9781410472120 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print NonFiction Kerman, P. K39 Available 33111007913151
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A #1 New York Times BestsellerNow a Netflix original seriesWith 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 ago. But when that past catches up with her, the well-heeled Smith College alumna becomes inmate #11187-424 at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut. From her first strip search to her final release, Kerman learns to navigate this strange new world.

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.

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