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Life on the Outside : The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
Life on the Outside The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett
Author: Jennifer Gonnerman
Life on the Outside tells the story of Elaine Bartlett, who spent sixteen years in Bedford Hills prison for selling cocaine--a first offense--under New York's Rockefeller drug laws. The book opens on the morning of January 26, 2000, when Bartlett is set free and returns to New York City. At 42, she has virtually nothing: no money, no job,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312424572
ISBN-10: 0312424574
Publication Date: 2/1/2005
Pages: 368
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3.9 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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I enjoyed reading this book...I certainly did not agree with every opinion of the Author but it did give me a chance to view upclose the struggles of this Mom trying to keep her family together. It is sad that so many years of her life were taken from her and that society can not find a better solution or refuses to find a better solution to the problems that drug use is causing for so many children in our Country. It is truly them who are suffering from the stiff consequences their parents are having to face.
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