{"product_id":"ill-fly-away-1","title":"I'll Fly Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2003 Wally Lamb--the author of two of the most beloved novels of our time, \u003cem\u003eShe's Come Undone\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Know This Much Is True\u003c\/em\u003e--published \u003cem\u003eCouldn't Keep It to Myself\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to confront painful memories, face their fears and their failures, and begin to imagine better lives. The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e described the book as \"Gut-tearing tales . . . the unvarnished truth.\" The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e said of it, \"Lying next to and rising out of despair, hope permeates this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Lamb returns with \u003cem\u003eI'll Fly Away\u003c\/em\u003e, a new volume of intimate, searching pieces from the York workshop. Here, twenty women--eighteen inmates and two of Lamb's cofacilitators--share the experiences that shaped them from childhood and that haunt and inspire them to this day. These portraits, vignettes, and stories depict with soul-baring honesty how and why women land in prison--and what happens once they get there. The stories are as varied as the individuals who wrote them, but each testifies to the same core truth: the universal value of knowing oneself and changing one's life through the power of the written word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I'll Fly Away Contributors, Wally Lamb","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46711957225708,"sku":"9780061626395","price":20.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780061626395.jpg?v=1754262436","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/ill-fly-away-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}