Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
by Kerman, Piper
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385523386
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523387
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Spiegel & Grau, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Spiegel & Grau, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Black cover has a few whitish marks, lower edge and spine head and heel rubbed; binding tight and solid. Internal as new. The memoirs of a young woman imprisoned after being caught up in reckless, illegal behavior, spending 25 months at the infamous federal corrections facility in Danbury, Connecticut--a well-heeled Smith College alumna, "one of the millions of people who disappear in the rabbit-hole of the American penal system". Her tale is compassionate, affectionate, filled with pathos and humor. She met women from all walks of life who often show generosity, wisdom, acceptance. A look at women in prison--why we lock them away and what happens to them there--"compelling and harrowing". 298 pages. 8vo. 2010, Spiegel & Grau.
Synopsis
Piper Kerman is vice president of a Washington, D.C.–based communications firm that works with foundations and nonprofits. A graduate of Smith College, she lives in Brooklyn.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030141
- Title
- Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
- Author
- Kerman, Piper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385523386
- ISBN 13
- 9780385523387
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- PRISONS; FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, DANBURY, CONNECTICUT; WOMEN PRISONERS; REFORMATORIES FOR WOMEN;
- X weight
- 0 oz
Terms of Sale
The Parnassus BookShop
Shipment 5 days a week upon receipt of payment. If buyer wishes to return a book, buyer must notify us within 5 days of receipt of the item and return the item within 14 days of the date they notify us of the return. Refund will be made within 3 days of the receipt of the returned item.
About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
Biblio member since 2007
Newport, Washington
About The Parnassus BookShop
About The Parnassus BookShop: We love and cherish books, inside and out! The Parnassus BookShop is the online bookshop with the goal of providing you with just the book you want, in the best possible condition, with friendly, helpful service and professional, efficient handling of your book purchases. We specialize in history, literature, classics and modern classic fiction and non-fiction; mystery/British mystery; with a wide variety of general fiction, politics and government, nature/natural history, science, psychology, social sciences, the arts, music, children's books, etc. Please see our catalogs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....