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Author:
Brittany K. Barnett
Publisher:
Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Date:
September 8, 2020
Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America's war on drugs, Sharanda was serving a life sentence without parole for a first-time drug offense.
What The Reviewers Say
... [an] engrossing memoir.
... unfurls like a coming-of-age story.
... isn’t your ordinary memoir. It carries the force of urgent action, and it calls attention to sentencing laws that must be read to be believed.
... moving.
