Among Women edition by J M Cornwell Literature Fiction eBooks
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Trust is always the first thing to go, and the hardest thing to find.
Abandoned in New Orleans and left with $50 and the clothes on her back, after six weeks, Pearl believes she’s found a way to reclaim her life.
She couldn’t have been more wrong.
Arrested and jailed in the Orleans Parish Women’s Correctional Center without any way to reach the outside world, Pearl retreats into her own frantic thoughts until slowly the voices of her fellow prisoners reach past her fear.
No longer alone, Pearl begins to listen to their stories—stories that must be told. Through their tales Pearl finds her own voice, a source of strength and a way out.
Cover art by Aubrey Boneau & Michael Reighn.
Among Women edition by J M Cornwell Literature Fiction eBooks
This story is as close as I ever want to come to being in jail. I guess I have odd daydreams - one of mine has always been what would jail be like and could I survive.Television and movies do not portray this experience well as a visual. They are only an hour or so long. One needs to view it through the thought processes of an individual. That is the unique experience of this book and why it is special. It is not a story based on some major event - it doesn't have a killing, no one is beat up, there are no riots as one finds as the core of basic prison movies.
This story is about one woman's experience inside a city jail over a six week period. A thinking woman's experience. A woman who would not ordinarily be caught up in "the system" and how she survives.
No video can accomplish what this author accomplishes through writing. The emotions of shock, fear, loss of hope, regaining of hope; the humiliation, the odd camaraderie, the food, the monotony - unbelievable.
Even while I viewed this through the eyes of Pearl, I could not help but wonder what I might do differently to survive in such a place. Never have I read a book where the experience of jail is so vividly described.
The author wrote well (with only a few editorial glitches). I didn't particularly like Pearl and her poor choices that landed her in the situation she was in, and I did not like her friends on the outside, but Pearl was so very human, and Cornwell hinted adequately at the background history so I was able to accept the premise.
In a book like this, one either likes the point of the story or one doesn't. I liked it. I appreciated the understanding gained. Pearl reminds us over and over that most of the women in jail are there as a result of lack of options. While those who serve time in jails and prisons are usually not the brightest or best educated portion of our population and they have very serious problems, they love and hate, eat, drink and think and make choices. They are people just trying to survive the best way they can. They are human too.
This story might not be interesting to you. But then again, Vampire stories are not interesting to me. However, if you like thought-provoking sociological studies, this is a good one. It is a story worth telling.
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Among Women edition by J M Cornwell Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Women in jail back in the 50's and it was sad and rough times for those prisoners. I found it depressing.
Cornwell is EXTREMELY talented. As a New Orleans' native and having experienced this for 29 hours, I can relate to every page. Quite frankly, it could not have been portrayed any better. As the story progressed, we were clearly able to identify Pearls' rainbow of emotions and fears. As a writer, I can relate to writing being the primary source of "self" when all else is stripped away. The characters went from tall, black shadowed monsters to colorful, vibrant WOMEN with stories and dreams and fears like everyone else. Pearl said it best I'm not better than them, just different. A page-turner. I loved it. Looking forward to the sequel.
another book that I couldn't get into. Just didn't hold my interest and seemed too unbelievable to me. I read 3 chapters and gave up. When reading becomes work, I am ready to move on to one that is pleasurable.
I don't know if the main character is 18 or 38 and what's more, I don't care. The author gave me no reason to care.
The idea of an ice storm in New Orleans made me so crazy that I finally had to look it up, if only to prove that it was impossible. Turns out there was a rare ice storm in 2008.
Who knew?
It would've done the author a bit of good to have actually thrown that tidbit of information into the book as a bit of back-story, rather than have her readers think she was an idiot throughout the book.
It's no wonder that the book was given away free
I started reading this book with hopes that it would get better....it really kind of didn't. I am the type of person that has to read a book all the way once I've started it, no matter how bad it is...it started off with so many unanswered questions and I thought by the end we would get some answers, but we didn't and I was pretty disappointed. It ended as if there will be a sequel, but I don't even think I want to waste my time reading that too when it's probably the same as the first one.
J. M. Cornwell did a good job of clear, concise writing in this book. Unfortunately, the plot device of a girl discovering and writing the stories of the women held in a New Orleans jail is similar to the plot device of the best selling book, The Help. There are several stories about the inmates and how they really don't belong in jail. When a woman who can get the stories published ends up in the jail on a trumped up charge, the pieces fell into place too easily.The main character does finally get her own interesting story at the end of the book, but we are left hanging as to her fate in a very unsatisfactory ending.
This is one of the most riveting books I've read in a while, and I don't know why I liked it so much. The character development was poor, I never really understood what the main character was going through or the 'why's' of her being imprisoned, or even a physical description of most of the lead characters, yet, again, I did not want this book to end.
I love the authors use of vocabulary but, of course, I liked much more than that - but, as you can tell, I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly what it was that I liked so much about this book except that I REALLY liked this book...
so..
If my review confuses you, as well it might, give this book a try. I'll come back to read other reviews. For now, I'm waiting for About Men to come out in version!
This story is as close as I ever want to come to being in jail. I guess I have odd daydreams - one of mine has always been what would jail be like and could I survive.
Television and movies do not portray this experience well as a visual. They are only an hour or so long. One needs to view it through the thought processes of an individual. That is the unique experience of this book and why it is special. It is not a story based on some major event - it doesn't have a killing, no one is beat up, there are no riots as one finds as the core of basic prison movies.
This story is about one woman's experience inside a city jail over a six week period. A thinking woman's experience. A woman who would not ordinarily be caught up in "the system" and how she survives.
No video can accomplish what this author accomplishes through writing. The emotions of shock, fear, loss of hope, regaining of hope; the humiliation, the odd camaraderie, the food, the monotony - unbelievable.
Even while I viewed this through the eyes of Pearl, I could not help but wonder what I might do differently to survive in such a place. Never have I read a book where the experience of jail is so vividly described.
The author wrote well (with only a few editorial glitches). I didn't particularly like Pearl and her poor choices that landed her in the situation she was in, and I did not like her friends on the outside, but Pearl was so very human, and Cornwell hinted adequately at the background history so I was able to accept the premise.
In a book like this, one either likes the point of the story or one doesn't. I liked it. I appreciated the understanding gained. Pearl reminds us over and over that most of the women in jail are there as a result of lack of options. While those who serve time in jails and prisons are usually not the brightest or best educated portion of our population and they have very serious problems, they love and hate, eat, drink and think and make choices. They are people just trying to survive the best way they can. They are human too.
This story might not be interesting to you. But then again, Vampire stories are not interesting to me. However, if you like thought-provoking sociological studies, this is a good one. It is a story worth telling.
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