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Reviewed on June 29, 2018 | Nonfiction
Author Schwartz (Jumping the Green; Angels Crest) debuts her first memoir, which uses literature to chronicle her 37-day stay in a county jail. After more than a year of relapse into alcohol and drugs, she is arrested for DUI and battery of an officer. She is sentenced to 90 days, 37 of which she serves, at Lynwood Women's Jail in Los Angeles County. Schwartz vividly writes of her experience in captivity through th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More