Orange Is the New Black - My Year in a Women's Prison

Piper Kerman

Spiegel & Grau

2011

327 páginas

10h 54m

ISBN-13: 9780385523394

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 it's 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. Hearbreaking, 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 whem they're there.

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Bem diferente da série

Porém gostei de saber como realmente aconteceu. A série é obviamente mais empolgante e os personagens mais f*odas, mas a maioria das coisas que acontecem não passam de ficção, o livro foi usado como inspiração apenas.