Saturday, June 21, 2014

Books On Film | Orange Is the New Black

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Orange Is the New Black is a popular Netflix original series which started it's second season earlier this month. It's based on the memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman. The book details the author's time in a minimum security women's prison after she was convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering more for a scheme she was involved in more than ten years earlier during college. Kerman, an engaged career woman, learns to navigate prison life and becomes friends with many of her fellow inmates.

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