Bibliograph

I'll fly away, further testimonies from the women of York Prison, edited and introduced by Wally Lamb

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I'll fly away, further testimonies from the women of York Prison, edited and introduced by Wally Lamb

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

I'll fly away

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

184983504

Responsibility statement

edited and introduced by Wally Lamb

Sub title

further testimonies from the women of York Prison

Summary

In 2003 author Wally Lamb published a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to confront painful memories, face their fears and their failures, and begin to imagine better lives. One critic described the book as "gut-tearing tales ... the unvarnished truth." In this new volume, twenty women--eighteen inmates and two of Lamb's cofacilitators--share the experiences that shaped them from childhood and that haunt and inspire them to this day. These portraits, vignettes, and stories depict with soul-baring honesty how and why women land in prison--and what happens once they get there. The stories are as varied as the individuals who wrote them, but each testifies to the same core truth: the universal value of knowing oneself and changing one's life through the power of the written word.--From publisher description

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