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Title:

I'll fly away : further testimonies from the women of York Prison / edited and introduced by Wally Lamb.

Publisher:

Harper Luxe,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xi, 372 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Prisoners' writings, American--Connecticut.
Women prisoners--Connecticut.
Large type books.

Other Authors:

Lamb, Wally.
Women of York Correctional Institution.

Summary:

In 2003 author Wally Lamb published a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to confront painful memories, face their fears and their failures, and begin to imagine better lives. One critic described the book as "gut-tearing tales ... the unvarnished truth." In this new volume, twenty women--eighteen inmates and two of Lamb's cofacilitators--share the experiences that shaped them from childhood and that haunt and inspire them to this day. These portraits, vignettes, and stories depict with soul-baring honesty how and why women land in prison--and what happens once they get there. The stories are as varied as the individuals who wrote them, but each testifies to the same core truth: the universal value of knowing oneself and changing one's life through the power of the written word.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

0061430684
9780061430688

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)