“Trounstine’s stunner isn’t just about the toll prison life takes on women, it’s about the breaking points in all of our lives, from domestic abuse to an attorney’s rage at injustice to the way memory haunts, fools, and eventually frees us. Rich with love for her indelible characters, Trounstine’s novel is a blindingly original MeToo, showing how even in the darkest environment, female friendship not only nurtures, but builds extraordinary power and light. A truly remarkable read.” –Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and Days of Wonder

“Stories like this help people understand that women’s incarceration carries layers of trauma. So often we are punished when what we truly need are healing centers, support, and restoration. Your book has the potential to open hearts and minds in ways policy reports never could.The world needs this story” –Stacey Borden, founder of New Beginnings Reentry Services

“This powerful read by Jean Trounstine transported me back to the many housing units in women’s prisons all over the country where I have visited. In these spaces courageous women form loving and nurturing villages, despite the trauma and abuse that they have experienced and often continue to endure. Nettie represents many of the criminalized survivors who find themselves in such dark places. Praise to Trounstine for taking us on this sheroic journey.” –Olinda Moyd, movement lawyer, decarceration advocate, social justice activist, and law clinic professor