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A Grip of Time

by Lauren Kessler
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"The book provides insight into life inside a maximum-security prison while illuminating the benefits of the craft of writing. . . . compassionate." —Publishers Weekly
A Grip of Time (prison slang for a very long sentence behind bars) takes readers into a world most know little about—a maximum-security prison—and into the minds and hearts of the men who live there. These men, who are serving out life sentences for aggravated murder, join a fledgling Lifers' Writing Group started by award-winning author Lauren Kessler. Over the course of three years, meeting twice a month, the men reveal more and more about themselves, their pasts, and the alternating drama and tedium of their incarcerated lives. As they struggle with the weight of their guilt and wonder if they should hope for a future outside prison walls, Kessler struggles with the fiercely competing ideas of rehabilitation and punishment, forgiveness and blame that are at the heart of the American penal system. Gripping, intense, and heartfelt, A Grip of Time: When Prison Is Your Life shows what a lifetime with no hope of release looks like up-close.
"Takes us on a compelling, intensely personal journey into the rarely glimpsed end point of our justice system . . . What dignity, meaning, and success these lifers achieve despite the system's design." —Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Burned: A Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
"A keenly observed and deeply felt narrative . . . so original and so compelling . . . it wouldn't let me go." —Alex Kotlowitz, national bestselling author of An American Summer
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Publisher: Indiana University Press

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  • Release date: March 12, 2021

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  • ISBN: 9781684350797
  • Release date: March 12, 2021

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  • Release date: March 12, 2021
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Biography & Autobiography Sociology Nonfiction

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"The book provides insight into life inside a maximum-security prison while illuminating the benefits of the craft of writing. . . . compassionate." —Publishers Weekly
A Grip of Time (prison slang for a very long sentence behind bars) takes readers into a world most know little about—a maximum-security prison—and into the minds and hearts of the men who live there. These men, who are serving out life sentences for aggravated murder, join a fledgling Lifers' Writing Group started by award-winning author Lauren Kessler. Over the course of three years, meeting twice a month, the men reveal more and more about themselves, their pasts, and the alternating drama and tedium of their incarcerated lives. As they struggle with the weight of their guilt and wonder if they should hope for a future outside prison walls, Kessler struggles with the fiercely competing ideas of rehabilitation and punishment, forgiveness and blame that are at the heart of the American penal system. Gripping, intense, and heartfelt, A Grip of Time: When Prison Is Your Life shows what a lifetime with no hope of release looks like up-close.
"Takes us on a compelling, intensely personal journey into the rarely glimpsed end point of our justice system . . . What dignity, meaning, and success these lifers achieve despite the system's design." —Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Burned: A Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
"A keenly observed and deeply felt narrative . . . so original and so compelling . . . it wouldn't let me go." —Alex Kotlowitz, national bestselling author of An American Summer
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Biography & Autobiography Sociology Nonfiction
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