Orange is the New Black
By: Piper Kerman
Genre: Adult Biography
Pages: 298
Audiobook: 11 hours 14 mins
Published: 2010
Read: November
4 out of 5
An
autobiography written by a woman who served a year in a women’s federal prison
for a 10 year old drug crime. By the time she actually served, she was college
educated, had a good career, and was engaged. She did not have the normal
prisoner profile. Her narrative was about the women she meet, the jobs she had,
and the life she was forced to lead. However, she never degraded any of other inmates
and even helped them with their education. It wasn’t all hunky-dory, but she
survived. I expected it to be funnier and carefree; that is probably because I watched
the TV series, which is extremely exaggerated. The autobiography is more matter of fact. What
bothers me the most is how prisoners are able to make money off of their criminal
background – but of course, I still read the book.
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