Out of Orange: A Memoir

By Cleary Wolters

Book Overview

The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time--a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond.

Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman's sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters--the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper's ex-girlfriend, friend, and sometimes-romantic partner on the show--tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks, set the record straight, and answer common fan questions.

An insightful, frustrating, heartbreaking, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange is an intimate look at international drug crime--a seemingly glamorous lifestyle that dazzles unsuspecting young women and eventually leads them to the seedy world of prison. Told by a woman originally thrust into the spotlight without her permission--Wolters learned about Piper's memoir in the media--Out of Orange chronicles Wolter's time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. But Wolters is not solely defined by her past; she also reflects on her life and the person she is today.

Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, painful sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062376144
• ISBN13: 9780062376145
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Don't , Just Don't.

Pure Garbage , the writing and the human. It's like being kidnapped by a narcissistic, and somehow simultaneously self depreciating psychopath that won't let you leave until you know how many women she's "loved" who never seemed to have the slightest bit of interest in her. Get a hint after months of sleeping with a naked woman and nothing ever happening. Not even snail romances are that slow burn. The kind of pet owner you'd want to strangle. Blah , blah, blah. On and on about absolutely nothing interesting. I'd like to slap the person that told her her life needed to be a book. I read this even though I wasn't the biggest fan of Pipers book but I did start a pen pal friendship with a prisoner after reading how many inmates received zero correspondence. So at least that came of it. At least Piper shared others experiences and such. This ball of cringe in skin is just using the popularity to make a quick buck and I hope it went to pay her brother back after blowing his life savings on her. I wish I could shower this book off my brain 🤮 The book overview on here is better than the whole book. Now THAT writer is good at spinning a yarn.