Out of Orange by Cleary Wolters
This is the story of Alex, supposedly, from the Netflix series, Orange is the New Black. Ms. Wolters wrote this in response to the show because Hollywood, surprise surprise, overexaggerated who she was in the show.
The book is quite good, but the majority of it focuses on what led Cleary to the federal institution. Only about a quarter of the book is about her time in jail. I was correct in my assessment of Cleary's character in Piper's book, by the way, but Piper showed up more in this book than Cleary did in hers, if that makes any kind of sense.
In reading both Piper and Cleary's books, I was hoping to find some of the things that make the show so enjoyable, but, as I said, the show is an overexaggerated depiction of what really happened. For crying out loud, Piper and Cleary weren't even in the same facility except when they went to Chicago to testify in the trial of one of their co-conspirators.
If you're looking to read a true story about how easy it is for someone who is seemingly normal/average to break the law, then this is for you. If you're a fan of the show, you'll like this, but for different reasons than the show.
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