The Prisoner's Wife

Name: The Prisoner's Wife
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Asha Bandele
ISBN: 9781456122645

Author: Asha Bandele

Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/18/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Social Science, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, American, African American & Black Studies, Women's Studies

Synopsis

In her senior year of college, asha bandele and a group of other writers went to a prison to read their works for a Black History Month program. There, she met Rashid, a man who was serving 20 to life for murder, a man who spoke softly and wisely, a man who would become asha's soul mate. This is her account of a relationship that has thrived despite terrific odds. "This is a romantic but realistic story, told with a directness and honesty that makes us know that however impossible the problems asha and Rashid face, we can question neither her motives nor sanity."-Booklist, starred review

About asha bandele

asha bandele is the award-winning author of The Prisonerâ€™s Wife and several other works. Honored for her work in journalism and activism, asha is a mother, a former senior editor at Essence and a senior director at the Drug Policy Alliance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanne

I myself am a prisoners wife. My heart is locked away in a New York prison . Asha's story although very detailed and graphic portrayed the daily struggle of being married to someone incarcerated. The expense, the separation, the long drives. I identified completely with her prison experience. She pu......more

Goodreads review by Bakari

By far The Prisoner’s Wife is one of the saddest and most emotionally charged books I’ve read in the least few years. As I got about third of a way into asha bandele’s very introspective memoir, I thought to myself, this book is mainly for women. But as I read on, I thought, this is yet another book......more

Goodreads review by Eva-Marie

This is one I'd give 2 and 1/2 stars to if I had the option. I don't think I've ever read a book written more beautifully than this. She has great talent when it comes to writing and that much is obvious on the very first page. But I don't like her. At all. Not even a little bit. Most of the book I......more

Goodreads review by Joleen

This book left me gasping for air and swimming in emotions. Asha Bandeleis an incredibly gifted writer, and this novel is the journey of the heart, all the while struggling with her head, with her friends and family and practical awareness of the bleak reality of her love and her marriage. I felt as......more