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Free: Two Years, Six Lives, and the Long Journey Home Spiral-Bound | April 19, 2022

Lauren Kessler

★★★★☆+ from 101 to 500 ratings

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For these six people, going to prison was just the beginning

95 percent of the men and women who go to prison are eventually released. But then what?

A gripping work of immersion reporting for readers of Evicted and Maid, Free shines a spotlight on the rollercoaster of re-entry: the exuberance of freedom, the rules and regulations that make you feel like you’re still in prison, the often dispiriting work of looking for employment and housing, and more. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler follows six individuals whose diverse stories paint a portrait of the search for redemption that many former inmates face as they fight to rebuild their lives.

Publisher: Sourcebooks
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1728236517
Item Weight: 1.2 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.1 x 9.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 101 to 500 ratings
"It is nothing short of phenomenal to read these stories of people who move from prison to freedom. Lauren Kessler's immersion journalism gives us a place from which to witness the world we've made, and how people who make mistakes must learn to navigate through it against impossible odds." — Lidia Yuknavitch, bestselling author of The Book of Joan and The Chronology of Water

LAUREN KESSLER is the author of multiple highly praised, best-selling, and award-winning works of nonfiction, all of which combine lively narrative with deep research to explore hidden worlds. She lives in Oregon.