Piper Kerman
Hardcover | Pages: 298 pages Rating: 3.71 | 176555 Users | 14382 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison |
| ISBN: | 0385523386 (ISBN13: 9780385523387) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Piper Kerman, Larry, Nora Jansen, Pop |
| Setting: | Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut(United States) Federal Transfer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma(United States) Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center, Chicago, Illinois(United States) |
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With 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 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, Kerman 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.
Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Kerman’s story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison—why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they’re there.
List Appertaining To Books Orange Is the New Black
| Title | : | Orange Is the New Black |
| Author | : | Piper Kerman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 298 pages |
| Published | : | April 6th 2010 by Spiegel & Grau |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Audiobook |
Rating Appertaining To Books Orange Is the New Black
Ratings: 3.71 From 176555 Users | 14382 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books Orange Is the New Black
This book really bugged me. It was recommended to me by a someone whose opinion I respect, so I was sort of surprised she was such an advocate for this book. But this professor also uses True Notebooks by Mark Salzman in her class, and that book kind of bugs me too, for rather the same reason--in Salzman's book I was somewhat struck by the fact that many of the people who committed crimes spoke/wrote of their crimes as something that happened *to* them, rather than actions they took. It was a
[Spoiler alert as to the ending of the book! Read at your own risk.]I'm biased because Piper is my wife, and I'm in this book. But I still think it's am amazing journey story. I'm pretty sure if I didn't know Piper I would be spreading the word on ORANGE just as I've done other books. I read a pre-hype galley of Eat Pray Love, thought it was amazing, and sent to at least 5 friends. So there. Read Piper's book: you'll be really glad you did.
SynopsisTen years ago, Piper Kerman made a mistake. She fell in love and became a criminal--transporting a suitcase of drug money across borders. Now she has to pay the price:thirteen months imprisonment in a womens minimum security prison. This book is her memoirs from this time.My ThoughtsI came into this book expecting it to be like the TV show. I was pleasantly surprised when it wasnt. It isnt an over the top or blatantly exaggerated or stereotyped version of what prison is like. While
[Spoiler alert as to the ending of the book! Read at your own risk.]I'm biased because Piper is my wife, and I'm in this book. But I still think it's am amazing journey story. I'm pretty sure if I didn't know Piper I would be spreading the word on ORANGE just as I've done other books. I read a pre-hype galley of Eat Pray Love, thought it was amazing, and sent to at least 5 friends. So there. Read Piper's book: you'll be really glad you did.
I really wanted to give this a better review, because I love it on Netflix.Maybe I would have liked it better if I hadn't seen the show first.Basically, I felt like this story lacked depth, was repetitive and quite often felt phoney. I was annoyed by the constant reminders that Piper's blue eyes and blonde hair made her life pretty easy, and that her inclusion with the "popular" crowd (aka: Pop's friends) got her lots of perks. Characters were underdeveloped and there was no real flow. Oh, and
Two hundred women, no phones, no washing machines, no hair dryers--it was like Lord of the Flies on estrogen. Soooo....Piper Kerman screwed up. She fell in love. One thing led to another and the next thing she knew, she traveled the world as an international drug traffickers. Whoops. Ten years later, that drug ring was busted and her name was brought to attention.So, it would be fair to say she screwed up colossally.Despite the offence being a decade old, the current law forces all those who
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