Life on the outside
by Gonnerman, Jennifer.
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BookPublisher: New York : Picador, 2005Description: 356 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780312424572.Subject(s): Women ex-convicts -- United States -- BiographySummary: In recent years, the United States has imprisoned more than two million people while making few preparations for their eventual release. Now these prisoners are coming home in record numbers, as unprepared for "life on the outside" as society is for them. Jennifer Gonnerman calls attention to this mounting national crisis by crafting an intimate family portrait--a story of struggle and survival, guilt and forgiveness, loneliness and love.--From publisher description.
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Book | NF 365.4 G (Browse shelf) | Available | S121835555 |
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In recent years, the United States has imprisoned more than two million people while making few preparations for their eventual release. Now these prisoners are coming home in record numbers, as unprepared for "life on the outside" as society is for them. Jennifer Gonnerman calls attention to this mounting national crisis by crafting an intimate family portrait--a story of struggle and survival, guilt and forgiveness, loneliness and love.--From publisher description.