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More copies of this ISBN:I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prisonby Wally Lamb
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In 2003 Wally Lamb — the author of two of the most beloved novels of our time, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True — published Couldn't Keep It to Myself, a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to confront painful memories, face their fears and their failures, and begin to imagine better lives. The New York Times described the book as "Gut-tearing tales...the unvarnished truth." The Los Angeles Times said of it, "Lying next to and rising out of despair, hope permeates this book." Now Lamb returns with I'll Fly Away, a new volume of intimate, searching pieces from the York workshop. Here, twenty women — eighteen inmates and two of Lamb's co-facilitators — share the experiences that shaped them from childhood and that haunt and inspire them to this day. These portraits, vignettes, and stories depict with soul-baring honesty how and why women land in prison — and what happens once they get there. The stories are as varied as the individuals who wrote them, but each testifies to the same core truth: the universal value of knowing oneself and changing one's life through the power of the written word. Review:"Writing as an act of self-realization and liberation and, not incidentally, an indictment of the penal system." Kirkus Reviews About the AuthorThe author of the number one New York Times bestsellers She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb still contributes time as a volunteer facilitator at the York Correctional Institution. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Christine. His third novel is The Hour I First Believed. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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