The story within us : women prisoners reflect on reading / edited by Megan Sweeney.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Mildred -- Life Narrative: "Society is coming to prison" -- Reading Narrative: "I have discovered a love for the law" -- 2. Sissy -- Life Narrative: "There's a time to be silent, and there's a time not to" -- Reading Narrative: "If you can't relate to it, then read about it" -- 3. Olivia -- Life Narrative: "It was a bad road that I was on" -- Reading Narrative: "If I'm going through a struggle, I know that's the book to go find" -- 4. Denise -- Life Narrative: "I can't even imagine my day without a mall" -- Reading Narrative: "Who is this writing books that knows the things I know?!" -- 5. Bobbie -- Life Narrative: "I've been overcoming all my life" -- Reading Narrative: "Everybody don't end up with a prince" -- 6. Melissa -- Life Narrative: "They're trying to brainwash me and rebuild me" -- Reading Narrative: "From her life story to mine is not that much difference" -- 7. Valhalla -- Life Narrative: "I've been like a ball that someone threw and I've been bouncing around ever since" -- Reading Narrative: "The books I've read are like my friends" -- 8. Jacqueline -- Life Narrative: "I refuse to be another statistic" -- Reading Narrative: "I wanted his strength to jump out of the pages into my life!" -- 9. Audrey -- Life Narrative: "That's a chapter that's closed" -- Reading Narrative: "What fueled this fire for the fire to come all the way over to here?" -- 10. Deven -- Life Narrative: "Society, it's a boys' club still" -- Reading Narrative: "I need to know what's gonna happen next!" -- 11. Solo -- Life Narrative: "That's a soul that you're stepping on" -- Reading Narrative: "Freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution".