{"product_id":"life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett-9780312424572","title":"Life on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on the Outside\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on the Outside\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2004 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312424572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2005 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Gonnerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635876393116,"sku":"9780312424572","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e6ad9be3-5973-4c31-85b5-aeabfed8334a.jpg?v=1603840767","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/life-on-the-outside-the-prison-odyssey-of-elaine-bartlett-9780312424572","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}