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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
4 reviews
saracatalyst's review against another edition
2.75
So, I don’t super recommend this. There are a lot of better memoirs and a lot of better books to read to learn about prisons. But I am still a sucker for a memoir, and I recently rewatched the show. It was interesting to see the pieces of this source material and how they showed up in the TV series. The storyline was very different in the show but so many of the details were there, and you could often see the primary inspiration for one of the characters.
I almost DNF’d this half way through. Ultimately I’m glad I didn’t. I was surprised at the amount and depth of reflection that Kerman did, and I did feel somewhat gripped by her story of her transport to Chicago.
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Addiction, Sexual assault, Racism, Fatphobia, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Police brutality
lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition
3.5
It's a very interesting story, but the flow of the books was kind of strange in that the only clear direction was time itself. I guess that makes sense in prison. I wanted to know what happened after prison seeing as we are given insight into what happened before prison. Did she keep up the relationships she made behind bars? It was just odd that everyone also seemed to like her and saw her as this classic "white girl". Maybe it was the case, but I don't know.
Our justice system is so broken, and I hope restorative justice actions continue to take place and create a better society for those who are incarcerated and I appreciated her insight into this aspect.
Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
crystalmethany's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Confinement and Biphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Mental illness
aquakerwitch's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Confinement, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Addiction, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Racism, Mental illness, Drug use, and Drug abuse