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“In Orange Is the New Black, Kerman presents – devoid of self-pity, and with novelistic flair – life in the clink as less Caged Heat and more Steel Magnolias."  -  Vanity Fair

Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187–424 — one of the millions of people who disappear “down the rabbit hole” of the American penal system. From her first strip search to her final release, Piper Kerman learns to navigate this strange world with its strictly enforced codes of behaviour and arbitrary rules. She meets women from all walks of life, who surprise her with small tokens of generosity, hard words of wisdom, and simple acts of acceptance. 

"In Orange Is the New Black, Kerman puts us inside, from the first strip search...to the prison-issue unwashed underwear to the cucumbers and raw cauliflower that count as salad... This book is impossible to put down because she could be you. Or your best friend. Or your daughter."  —  Los Angeles Times

Heartbreaking, hilarious, and at times enraging, Piper Kerman’s story offers a rare look into the lives of women in prison — why it is we lock so many away and what happens to them when they’re there. 

"Kerman neither sentimentalizes nor lectures. She keeps the details of her despair to a minimum along with her discussion of the outrages of the penal system, concentrating instead on descriptions of her direct experiences, both harrowing and hilarious, and the personalities of the women who shared them with her."  — Boston Globe