Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (Audiobook)

from thisisstephenbetts

We were watching the TV show of the same name, and though I enjoyed it a lot, I kept thinking "I can't believe the book is like this." And sure enough, it's not. The book is far less sensationalist, far less dramatic, with far less intrigue than the book. The book itself is measured and mature, a...

from tututhefirst

Piper Kerman is not the stereotypical felon. She is college educated, funny, literate, articulate, she had a good job, good family support, a fiancè, and altogether what most people would consider a good life. She also made really poor choices during a period of her life and she paid for those ch...

from bookworm12

Like everyone else, I first heard about this book after marathon watching the Netflix TV series of the same name. The show is great, but the book is actually an excellent nonfiction memoir in its own right. Piper is relatable enough that it's easy to picture yourself in her situation. The book co...

from michigantrumpet

The basic outline of "Orange is the New Black" is well known to the many readers of this wildly popular book (or the equally numerous viewers of the ensuing TV series.) Upper-middle class, blonde-haired blue eyed Smith college graduate ends up serving a 13 month Federal sentence due to youthful m...

from blackrabbit89

In case you haven't heard yet, everyone's talking about the new Netflix show, Orange Is the New Black. My girlfriend and I watched all thirteen hour-long episodes in two sittings. Basically, it's about a white, middle-class woman who finds herself doing thirteen months in a prison in Danbury, Con...