Book #10

Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
298 pages

 

 

Piper is finally happily in a relationship and has her career in order. When she gets convicted of a 10-years-past drug offense, her life is put on hold until her sentencing. She is finally sentenced to 15 months in a women's prison.

 

 

The characters she meets in prison came alive in this book. Her stories of the humors and unpleasant situations were both light-hearted and truthful. Kerman kept her stories of her friends doing time meaningful but positive.

 

 

Kerman was able to see prison with the lens of someone who wouldn't need to worry about what will happen to her after her release -- she is set with her plan of continuing life with her fiancé once she gets out and has plans for a job afterward. Because of this, she is very mindful of everyone else's unique situation, and what a difficult journey it will be for each of them once their time on the inside is done.

 

 

I really enjoyed this book. I am interested in catching up with the show now that I've read it. Toward the end, it dragged on a little bit, but maybe that was by design. Her time in prison probably felt like it dragged on toward the end, too!

 

Next up: Ask the Passengers by A.S. King