{"product_id":"life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett","title":"Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett","description":"Life on the Outside tells the story of Elaine Bartlett, who spent sixteen years in Bedford Hills prison for selling cocaine--a first offense--under New York's Rockefeller drug laws. The book opens on the morning of January 26, 2000, when Bartlett is set free and returns to New York City. At 42, she has virtually nothing: no money, no job, no real home.\n\nAll she does have is a large and troubled family, including four children, who live in a decrepit housing project on the Lower East Side. \"I left one prison to come home to another,\" Elaine says. Over the next months, she clashes with her daughters, hunts for a job, visits her son and husband in prison, negotiates the rules of parole, and campaigns for the repeal of the laws that led to her long prison term.\n\nRussell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, says: \"At a time when the prison-industrial complex is destroying African American families and neighborhoods, Elaine Bartlett is more than a survivor: she is a heroine. The future of our communities depends on women like her.\"\n\nLife on the Outside is a 2004 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0312424574\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UI56002AGT_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gonnerman, Jennifer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43577400721469,"sku":"31UI56002AGT_ns","price":6.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0312424574-0.jpg?v=1788644369","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}