Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison

Memoir

Paperback

First Person

Fiction

327

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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 learned to navigate this strange world with it’s strictly enforced codes of behavior and arbitrary rules. She meets woman 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 and raging, 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.

Spiegel & Grau

9780812986181

United States

The United States Of America

2011-01-01

1

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~$8.99

2026-04-15

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