I'll Fly Away

<p><strong>Powerful . . . In <em>I'll Fly Away</em> the women have penned well-drawn evocative pieces about their experiences . . . . Healing is happening through writing.--Lisa Ko author of <em>The Leavers</em></strong></p><p><strong>The #1 New York Times bestselling author offers an inspiring new collection of writings from the members of his acclaimed program in Connecticut's York Correctional Facility</strong></p><p>In 2003 Wally Lamb published <em>Couldn't Keep It to Myself</em> a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution Connecticut's only prison for women. T<em>he New York Times </em>described the book as Gut-tearing tales . . . the unvarnished truth.</p><p>Now Lamb returns with<em> I'll Fly Away</em> a new volume of intimate searching pieces from the York workshop. Here 20 women--18 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.</p>