Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
I have seen several episodes of the NetFlix series of the same name when my husband watched the first six seasons, but he watched a lot when I was at work or asleep, so I missed a good deal of the show. Still, I planned to go back and watch from the beginning myself, but I haven't done so yet. So, one day last week when I was up absurdly late at night, I came across this while puttering around on my public library's Overdrive site. I thought it would give me more insight on the show before I started it. In this regard, I was wrong. Very little of what is in this book translates to the show. It seems the show is an over exaggeration of what Ms. Kerman relates in this book.
Piper Kerman made some mistakes in her early to mid-twenties. Mistakes that involved drug trafficking at the behest of the woman she was dating. After they broke up, Piper sought a "normal" life. This was going well for a while until she received notice that she was being indicted. She obtained counsel, plead guilty, and was sentenced to fifteen months in a federal penitentiary. This book is her recounting of this time in prison. Honestly, it is tame compared to what is shown on screen.
Having said that, I am about to start the memoir written by the woman who inspired the character of Alex on the show. The woman who claims to have had a relationship with Piper. The woman, unless it is the one who enticed her into this mess, is NEVER mentioned in this book. It will be interesting to read her take on this.
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