A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women

A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women
ISBN-10
0199935882
ISBN-13
9780199935888
Category
Life imprisonment
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2014-12
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Erin George

Description

In A Woman Doing Life, author and inmate Erin George draws a vivid and uniquely raw portrait of female life in prison. By detailing her own experiences and sharing poignant stories from other female inmates, George gives insight into prison relationships, death and sickness, reactions from friends and family, and even "cooking" in prison.

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