A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women

by Erin George

Book Overview

A Woman Doing Life is the only book that tells stories of women in prison from the inside out. Author and inmate Erin George draws a vivid and uniquely raw portrait of female life in prison, detailing her own responses to incarceration as well as her observations of prison relationships, death and sickness, reactions from friends and family, and even "cooking" in prison. The text also features poignant stories from other female inmates.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199734755
• ISBN13: 9780199734757
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.1" x 6.1"