The Prisoner's Wife

The Prisoner's Wife - Paperback

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The Prisoner's Wife - Paperback

The Prisoner's Wife - Paperback

by Asha Bandele
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Book Overview

The Prisoner's Wife is a beautiful story about love that overcomes every obstacle and thrives against all odds.

"A powerful and provocative book--everyone should read it." --Angela Y. Davis

"Romantic but realistic...told with a directness and honesty." --Booklist, starred review

"Mesmerizing and disconcerting, offering insights into why caged birds sing."--Kirkus Reviews

As a favor for a friend, a bright and talented young woman volunteered to read her poetry to a group of prisoners during a Black History Month program. It was an encounter that would alter her life forever, because it was there, in the prison, that she would meet Rashid, the man who was to become her friend, her confidant, her husband, her lover, her soul mate. At the time, Rashid was serving a sentence of twenty years to life for his part in a murder. The Prisoner's Wife is a testimony, for wives and mothers, friends and families. It's a tribute to anyone who has ever chosen, against the odds, to love.

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As a favor for a friend, a bright and talented young woman volunteered to read her poetry to a group of prisoners during a Black History Month program. It was an encounter that would alter her life forever, because it was there, in the prison, that she would meet Rashid, the man who was to become her friend, her confidant, her husband, her lover, her soul mate. At the time, Rashid was serving a sentence of twenty years to life for his part in a murder. THE PRISONER'S WIFE is a testimony, for wives and mothers, friends and families. It's a tribute to anyone who has ever chosen, against the odds, to love.
ISBN9780671021481
Author Asha Bandele
PublisherScribner Book Company
GenreBiography
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2000
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Asha Bandele

Patrisse Khan-Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Cofounder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network and Founder of the Los Angeles-based grassroots organization Dignity and Power Now, she is also a performance artist, Fulbright scholar, popular public speaker, and a Sydney Peace Prize recipient. For 20 years, Patrisse has been on the frontlines of criminal justice reform and is currently leading Reform L.A. Jails, a ballot initiative that will be voted on in March 2020. Patrisse is currently the Faculty Director of Arizona's Prescott College new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program, which she developed nesting a curriculum focused on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing that is first of its kind in the nation. asha bandele is the award-winning author of The Prisoner's Wife and other works. Honored for her work in journalism and activism, asha is a mother, a former senior editor at Essence and a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance. Together, Patrisse and asha are the authors of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.

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