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A review by gabsi77
The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir by asha bandele
4.0
Over the weekend Jamaica had a little hurricane scare, or rather a big hurricane scare since at one point it did blow up to a Category 5, fortunately for us (unfortunately for Haiti) the worst was diverted and we only suffered tropical storm conditions.
However, due to the preparation required for the impending storm Jamaica was essentially on lockdown for Monday. This meant that I had some unexpected time in my hand and so in between studying, working on an assignment, and checking in with work I was able to check out a book I've had on my shelf for a while but had just never got around to reading, The Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele.
Her memoir tells of her experience meeting, befriending, falling in love with, and marrying a man who is in jail for 20 years to life on the charge of second degree murder. She meets him while volunteering at the prison and they strike up a friendship which eventually blossoms into more.
Asha’s words weave together a non-traditional love story that is a reality for many. Her Manhattan upbringing with it’s private schools and ballet lessons prepared her for an idyllic life, however the taint of repeated sexual abuse left her scarred and traumatised. Rashid, trapped behind his bars was the one who helped her to find freedom.
First published in 1999 Asha expresses the challenges faced by those who have loved ones in prison, the indignity they sometimes have to go through to have some semblance of normalcy. Almost 20 years later, Kyle Abraham worked with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on a three-part modern dance series exploring the impact of prison on families showing that the issue is one that isn’t going anywhere. (The Marshall Project)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enmRHdroy5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZJIknlq_f0
Through Asha’s words you fall in love with Rashid, and their love story; a contrary feeling since we’re predisposed to hate murderers. The book toys with your emotions as you read through Asha’s frank way of telling it as it is, of going it on her own, not because her partner wants to be absent, but because he doesn’t have a choice.
However, due to the preparation required for the impending storm Jamaica was essentially on lockdown for Monday. This meant that I had some unexpected time in my hand and so in between studying, working on an assignment, and checking in with work I was able to check out a book I've had on my shelf for a while but had just never got around to reading, The Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele.
Her memoir tells of her experience meeting, befriending, falling in love with, and marrying a man who is in jail for 20 years to life on the charge of second degree murder. She meets him while volunteering at the prison and they strike up a friendship which eventually blossoms into more.
Asha’s words weave together a non-traditional love story that is a reality for many. Her Manhattan upbringing with it’s private schools and ballet lessons prepared her for an idyllic life, however the taint of repeated sexual abuse left her scarred and traumatised. Rashid, trapped behind his bars was the one who helped her to find freedom.
First published in 1999 Asha expresses the challenges faced by those who have loved ones in prison, the indignity they sometimes have to go through to have some semblance of normalcy. Almost 20 years later, Kyle Abraham worked with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on a three-part modern dance series exploring the impact of prison on families showing that the issue is one that isn’t going anywhere. (The Marshall Project)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enmRHdroy5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZJIknlq_f0
Through Asha’s words you fall in love with Rashid, and their love story; a contrary feeling since we’re predisposed to hate murderers. The book toys with your emotions as you read through Asha’s frank way of telling it as it is, of going it on her own, not because her partner wants to be absent, but because he doesn’t have a choice.