03882nam 2200649Ia 450 991046221220332120200520144314.01-283-71436-10-252-09425-5(CKB)2670000000276247(EBL)3414153(SSID)ssj0000761696(PQKBManifestationID)11483500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000761696(PQKBWorkID)10726255(PQKB)10284405(MiAaPQ)EBC3414153(OCoLC)815823821(MdBmJHUP)muse24446(Au-PeEL)EBL3414153(CaPaEBR)ebr10618657(CaONFJC)MIL402686(OCoLC)923496296(EXLCZ)99267000000027624720120319d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe story within us[electronic resource] women prisoners reflect on reading /edited by Megan SweeneyUrbana University of Illinois Pressc20121 online resource (290 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07867-5 0-252-03714-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: ""All us women have a story within us""""; ""1 Mildred Life Narrative: ""Society is coming to prison""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""I have discovered a love for the law""""; ""2 Sissy Life Narrative: ""There's a time to be silent, and there's a time not to""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""If you can't relate to it, then read about it""""; ""3 Olivia Life Narrative: ""It was a bad road that I was on""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""If I'm going through a struggle, I know that's the book to go find""""""4 Denise Life Narrative: ""I can't even imagine my day without a mall""""""Reading Narrative: ""Who is this writing books that knows the things I know?!""""; ""5 Bobbie Life Narrative: ""I've been overcoming all my life""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""Everybody don't end up with a prince""""; ""6 Melissa Life Narrative: ""They're trying to brainwash me and rebuild me""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""From her life story to mine is not that much difference""""; ""7 Valhalla Life Narrative: ""I've been like a ball that someone threw and I've been bouncing around e""""Reading Narrative: ""The books I've read are like my friends""""""8 Jacqueline Life Narrative: ""I refuse to be another statistic""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""I wanted his strength to jump out of the pages into my life!""""; ""9 Audrey Life Narrative: ""That's a chapter that's closed""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""What fueled this fire for the fire to come all the way over to here?""""; ""10 Deven Life Narrative: ""Society, it's a boys' club still""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""I need to know what's gonna happen next!""""; ""11 Solo Life Narrative: ""That's a soul that you're stepping on""""""Reading Narrative: ""Freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution""""""Afterword: ""True Stories about Prison""""; ""Appendix: Study-Related Materials""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""Women prisonersBooks and readingUnited StatesBooks and readingAfrican American womenBooks and readingElectronic books.Women prisonersBooks and readingBooks and reading.African American womenBooks and reading.365.43092273Sweeney Megan1967-904689MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462212203321The story within us2023044UNINA