Jennifer Gonnerman
Autor de Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
Sobre El Autor
Jennifer Gonnerman is a prize-winning staff writer for The Village Voice. She has also written for The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. Her article on which this book is based won a Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2001
Obras de Jennifer Gonnerman
Before the Law 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1971-01-24
- Género
- female
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Washington D.C.
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 112
- Popularidad
- #174,306
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 4
This was very good. It's a world I can't even imagine - a world of poverty and drugs. Not only does the book take you through Elaine's 16 years in prison, it follows her after she is released, trying to help her own family - her sisters and children, some of whom have been in jail, some who are trying to do better, some who are just lazy and don't want to do anything. Their apartment was overcrowded, but no one was working, until Elaine finally found a job, and even that was so low-paying, she couldn't figure out how to get her own place, for her and her kids, which she so desperately wanted. Elaine started public speaking - making speeches about what happened with her and became an activist against the Rockefeller drug laws. She's maybe not the nicest person and doesn't always make the best choices, but she sure was determined to make a better life.… (más)