YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat a shocker! A well-educated, upper class white woman goes to prison and builds strong bonds with her fellow inmates, who are mostly undereducated women of color from the wrong side of the tracks. The 2018 PopSugar Reading Challenge - A book from a celebrity book club And the unfortunate truth of being human is that we all have moments of indifference to other people’s suffering. They can be everyday, or they can be catastrophic. Every human being makes mistakes and does things they’re not proud of. being given 'fresh' underclothes that were very, very obviously used and unwashed) were deplorable and (of course) made this book riveting - and heartbreaking. sickening black mold in the GED classroom) and the complete lack of everything normal (i.e. some of the male guards taking liberties with the pat-downs), the conditions of the women's prison (i.e. However, she does own up to her mistakes and the zany, funny and heartbreaking side characters certainly made up for any of the Mary-Sueing. She does make herself out to be the end-all-be-all hero (but it was not nearly as bad as Wild ). Her innocence and goodness is over-emphasized and her drug involvement glossed over. though this book did have a bit of a Mary-Sue-ness to Piper. Not bad! There were many areas I really enjoyed about this one. She gains a whole new perspective on life, and one she is not soon to forget. But while in prison, Piper learns lessons of bravery, love and sacrifice.

Not foolhardy, not in love with risk and danger, not making ridiculous exhibitions of myself to prove that I wasn't terrified-really genuinely brave.

(Note: fiance isn't the one who got her into trafficking) I knew that I would have to be brave. So, it would be fair to say she screwed up colossally.ĭespite the offence being a decade old, the current law forces all those who are involved with drugs are pursued to the fullest extent of the law.Īnd so she goes to prison for fifteen months, with her family and fiance waving sadly from the sidelines. Ten years later, that drug ring was busted and her name was brought to attention.

One thing led to another and the next thing she knew, she traveled the world as an international drug traffickers. Two hundred women, no phones, no washing machines, no hair dryers-it was like Lord of the Flies on estrogen.

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