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A review by lizziethereader
Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives from Women's Prisons by Robin Levi, Ayelet Waldman
dark
sad
tense
It's unfathomable how much the women in this book have had to suffer and my heart goes out to them and women in similar situations. It was interesting and infuriating to get a glimpse into the US prison system (and I really hope things are different in my country).
However, I wish the super interesting (meta)information wasn't "hidden" in the appendix. I get why the authors might want the stories to speak for themselves, but I was missing the meta-discussion throughout the book (until I saw the appendices). Also, I wish there was more up-to-date information. This first came out in 2011 but my edition is from 2017 but it isn't addressed whether some thins (data, rules, etc.) might have changed (for better or worse) by now.
However, I wish the super interesting (meta)information wasn't "hidden" in the appendix. I get why the authors might want the stories to speak for themselves, but I was missing the meta-discussion throughout the book (until I saw the appendices). Also, I wish there was more up-to-date information. This first came out in 2011 but my edition is from 2017 but it isn't addressed whether some thins (data, rules, etc.) might have changed (for better or worse) by now.