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A review by inveterate_reader
The Prisoner: How One Woman's Jail Term Was the Making of Her by Kerry Tucker, Craig Henderson
5.0
How often do we think about the 'prisoners'? We read headlines about criminals in newspapers, feel disgusted for a moment and then forget about them. "The Prisoner" by Kerry Tucker is a memoir that wants you to think about them,to feel them. It urges you to contemplate on how we treat prisoners, who are equally human, especially once they're released.
◾Idk why but after reading it I was reminded of the African proverb, "Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter." We rarely find books written by inmates that reflect the actual life of the prison, of what people go through, how they transform into completely different individuals, of why and how they ended up there. Kerry Tucker penned down the most realistic reflection of what it's like to be in a prison.
◾This book is a rollercoaster ride. There's humor, there's sarcasm. Some stories are heart wrenching!! You read the book and you actually go through the pains every individual is going through in there. You get to know that the criminals need attention more than anyone else. They need to be understood; everyone has a story.
◾At points you (being a "civilized" citizen) feel like she's kinda "defending" the vicious criminals but then you read her lines "...murder is murder and it is wicked and evil, but when you live in a place where every second person is a murderer you don't differentiate between who is a good murderer and who is a bad murderer...".
◾This lady has a personality that you feel like you'd love her as a coworker, a classmate...she sounds fun and supportive; the type of person you know has your back. And that's why she was loved by everyone! She made the best out of her miserable circumstances; living in a maximum security prison, among murderers and drug dealers. And now she's a PhD!
✨I WANT EVERYONE TO READ THIS BOOK.
✨Fav: "There's a reason they call it serving time. After you've been stripped of everything, time is all that society can take off you as punishment. When you keep handing your time over day after day and year after year, however, it creates a black hole into which other things disappear: your relationships, your dreams, the person you once were."
◾Idk why but after reading it I was reminded of the African proverb, "Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter." We rarely find books written by inmates that reflect the actual life of the prison, of what people go through, how they transform into completely different individuals, of why and how they ended up there. Kerry Tucker penned down the most realistic reflection of what it's like to be in a prison.
◾This book is a rollercoaster ride. There's humor, there's sarcasm. Some stories are heart wrenching!! You read the book and you actually go through the pains every individual is going through in there. You get to know that the criminals need attention more than anyone else. They need to be understood; everyone has a story.
◾At points you (being a "civilized" citizen) feel like she's kinda "defending" the vicious criminals but then you read her lines "...murder is murder and it is wicked and evil, but when you live in a place where every second person is a murderer you don't differentiate between who is a good murderer and who is a bad murderer...".
◾This lady has a personality that you feel like you'd love her as a coworker, a classmate...she sounds fun and supportive; the type of person you know has your back. And that's why she was loved by everyone! She made the best out of her miserable circumstances; living in a maximum security prison, among murderers and drug dealers. And now she's a PhD!
✨I WANT EVERYONE TO READ THIS BOOK.
✨Fav: "There's a reason they call it serving time. After you've been stripped of everything, time is all that society can take off you as punishment. When you keep handing your time over day after day and year after year, however, it creates a black hole into which other things disappear: your relationships, your dreams, the person you once were."