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Author Leap, Jorja, 1955- author.

Title Entry lessons : the stories of women fighting for their place, their children, and their futures after incarceration / Jorja Leap.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2022]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2942841~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  364.6082 LEA    AVAILABLE
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Description 278 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: The journey in. Sleepwalking -- Party bus -- personal statement -- I didn't have any tears -- I thought he would take care of me -- Baby prison -- Crossover kids -- Self-medication -- Part II: The journey out. Halfway is just that -- The hope of reentry -- The struggles of life -- New love -- Love in the time of reentry -- Redemption baby -- The light.
Summary "Through oral histories, interviews, embedded observation, and research, the daily struggles of women returning to life after incarceration and concrete solutions to the seemingly hopeless issue"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Women ex-convicts -- Rehabilitation.
Women prisoners -- Deinstitutionalization.
Resocialization.
ISBN 9780807022870 (hardcover)
080702287X (hardcover)
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