Book Reviews of Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters

Great read, some chilling stories. Wonderful to get an account of lives that we would not hear about otherwise.

Fascinating writing by the women of York Correctional Institution. Wally Lamb, who gave us She's Come Undone did a fine job of gathering these essays written by the women in the prinson while they worked through a writing program offered to them.

Controversial collection of stories written by female prisoners helped by Wally Lamb. Interesting,unexpected insights.

I read this book because I love Wally Lamb but it is different in that it's nonfiction instead of fiction. There are stories told from several different women imprisoned for an extended period of time. It's not as voyeristic as I might have liked as I probably wanted to know more about the actual crimes these women committed but it's interesting all the same. These women wrote as part of the healing process and so they picked a poignent time in their life, a time they felt was significant. Wally Lamb didn't write it, more like collected stories.

Excellent, so looking for the next book coming out later this year.

Very interesting book about women prisoners...all true. You will see them in a very different light.

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