A woman who self-medicated with drugs after her son's death and was in and out of prison for fifteen years describes her struggle to get clean and how she became an advocate and supporter of women facing similar situations.
Record details
ISBN:1620972123
ISBN:9781620972120
Physical Description:xxiii, 304 pages ; 22 cm print
Publisher:New York :The New Press,2017.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-304).
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Michelle Alexander -- Part I: Sue -- Now what? -- Land of opportunity -- Daddy's girl -- Hit the road -- The sacrifice -- Things you don't talk about -- The life -- From the skillet to the frying pan -- No justice, no peace -- A new drug -- Incarceration nation -- Collateral damage -- The revolving door -- The vicious cycle -- Hurt people -- A tale of two systems -- A way out -- Finding purpose -- Part II: Ms. Burton -- A new way of life -- The wall of no -- Who's profiting from our pain? -- Women and prison -- A kindred spirit -- Taking food off the table -- Broke leg house -- From trash to treasure -- All of us or none -- Treating the symptoms and the disease -- The meaning of life -- The women from Orange County -- Being beholden -- Living an impossible life -- The house that discrimination built -- Women organizing for justice and opportunity -- What would Ms. Sybil Brand think? -- Without representation -- Prop 47 -- The movement -- The arc bends toward justice.
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