I'll fly away : further testimonies from the women of York prison / Wally Lamb

A continuation of the stories told in "Couldn't keep it to myself".

When I was a child. Florida memories / Bonnie Jean Foreshaw -- Kidnapped! / Robin Ledbetter -- Shhh, don't tell / Deborah Ranger -- In the mood / Savannah -- Tinker bell / Brendalis Medina -- One Saturday morning / Chasity C. West -- Gifts my family gave me -- The captain / Kathleen Wyatt -- A brother's gift / Jennifer Rich -- The rainbow ring / Carmen Ramos -- Pictures of a daughter, viewed in prison / Christina MacNaughton -- Under-where? / Lynne M. Friend -- Why I write / Careen Jennings -- Lavender and vanilla / Kimberly Walker -- A gift / Robin Ledbetter -- Broken dolls and marionettes. Broken doll / Lynda Gardner -- "No" is not a word / Christina MacNaughton -- Wishes / Charissa Willette -- The marionette / Lynne M. Friend -- Falling / Lynne Ledbetter -- Crime and punishment -- Lost and found / Roberta Schwartz -- The chase / Brendalis Medina -- Prom queen / Jennifer Rich -- Down on the farm / Kelly Donnelly -- Big girl jail / Robin Ledbetter -- Wasted time / Lisa White -- Serpents / Robin Ledbetter -- The lights are flickering, again / Susan Budlong Cole -- Just another death / Christina MacNaughton -- I'll fly away. My three fates / Chasity C. West -- Dance of the willow / Kelly Donnelly -- I won't burn alone / Brendalis Medina -- Seasons' rhythms / Kelly Donnelly -- Flight of the bumblebee / Kathleen Wyatt -- Reawakening through nature : a prison reflection / Barbara Parsons.

A new volume of intimate, searching pieces from the York workshop. Here, twenty women-eighteen inmates and two of Lamb's cofacilitators-share the experiences that shaped them from childhood and that haunt and inspire them to this day. These portraits, vignettes, and stories depict with soul-baring honesty how and why women land in prison-and what happens once they get there. The stories are as varied as the individuals who wrote them, but each testifies to the same core truth: the universal value of knowing oneself and changing one's life through the power of the written word.