I'll fly away : further testimonies from the women of York Prison / edited and introduced by Wally Lamb.

In 2003 author Wally Lamb published 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Women of York Correctional Institution
Other Authors: Lamb, Wally
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:xii, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • When I was a child
  • Florida memories / Bonnie Jean Foreshaw
  • Kidnapped / Robin Ledbetter
  • Shhh, don't tell / Deborah Ranger
  • In the mood / Savannah
  • Tinker bell / Brendalis Medina
  • One Saturday morning / Chasity C. West
  • Gifts my family gave me
  • The captain / Kathleen Wyatt
  • A brother's gift / Jennifer Rich
  • The rainbow ring / Carmen Ramos
  • Pictures of a daughter, viewed in prison / Christina MacNaughton
  • Under-where? / Lynne M. Friend
  • Why I write / Careen Jennings
  • Lavender and vanilla / Kimberly Walker
  • A gift / Robin Ledbetter
  • Broken dolls and marionettes
  • Broken doll / Lynda Gardner
  • No is not a word / Christina MacNaughton
  • Wishes / Charissa Willette
  • The marionette / Lynne M. Friend
  • Falling / Lynne Ledbnetter
  • Crime and punishment
  • Lost and found / Roberta Schwartz
  • The chase / Brendalis Medina
  • Prom queen / Jennifer Rich
  • Down on the farm / Kelly Donnelly
  • Big girl jail / Robin Ledbetter
  • Wasted time / Lisa White
  • Serpents / Robin Ledbetter
  • The lights are flickering, again / Susan Budlong Cole
  • Just another death / Christina MacNaughton
  • I'll fly away
  • My three fates / Chasity C. West
  • Dance of the willow / Kelly Donnelly
  • I won't burn alone / Brendalis Medina
  • Seasons' rhythms / Kelly Donnelly
  • Flight of the bumblebee / Kathleen Wyatt
  • Reawakening through nature: a prison reflection / Barbara Parsons.