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Summary: Hauntingley Beautiful
Review: This author has a story that needs to be told especially in a country where the amount on governmental spending on education and incarceration are running neck in neck. It was fascinating to hear about the world of those who love people incarcerated and the things they encounter in and outside of the prison walls. Asha has some wonderful lines that you read over and over again because she is gifted in writing in metaphors of her love, lust and living experiences in general. It's fascinating how a prisoner has assisted her in freeing herself from her ugly past. It's a gem of a story.
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Summary: A Must Read- (tforre7777@yahoo.com)
Review: I was moved beyond words after reading this book. The eloquent rhythmic flow of words that Asha was able to deliver on paper was magnificent. The honor of discovering a gem in the rough is truly one of life's greatest miracles. This book showed and proved to me that it is better to have loved, (true love that is)than to never have loved at all. In the rigorous of circumstances love was able to pull Rashid and Asha through. For Asha to be so open and honest about her life and her love shows a woman of great courage. This book is one of those life altering books, one that will make you look at life through renewed and cleansed eyes. It will force you to think, decipher, and in the end reach some point of understanding. This book will cause you to become emotional, it will make you long for things past, present, and what is to come. I do hope that this saga will indeed have a happy ending. I wish Asha and Rashid good luck, and that you two will in the end be not limited by prison life.
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Summary: Beautiful and Heartbreaking
Review: Thank you, asha bandele, for writing a book that so many of us can relate to. I always felt alone, unable to share with anyone what it was like to love someone who was incarcerated. You captured the reality of it so honestly. This is a brave book!
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Summary: I AM IN THIS SISTERHOOD OF IMPRISONMENT
Review: THIS BOOK, THIS WOMAN WAS TOTALLY WONDERFUL. HER WRITING WAS AS IF SHE WERE SITTING IN MY LIVINGROOM EVERYDAY TALKING OF HER HAPPINESS,SADNESS,TRIUMPHS,AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. THIS SISTER LAID HER LIFE OUT ON PAPER FOR ME AND ALL OTHER READERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH. AND THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS "STANDING BY OUR MAN". ASHA, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IF EVER YOU SEE THIS REVIEW. I FEEL A LITTLE LIGHTER NOW THAT I HAVE READ YOUR WORDS. BLACK AND WHITE!
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Summary: REAL
Review: I would like to thank asha for putting her whole entire self out there for the world to judge as i am pretty sure she knew they would anyway. This book is so real to me and for me because I live it everyday because my fiance is in the belly of the beast better known as the prison system. To any one who has never had a family member or a loved one incarcerated can easily say that we are crazy for loving a man and then putting it out there for everyone to see don't realize how much strenght it takes to maintain a relationship with a man who is in prison. All men in prison are not bad and all are not evil. They made a mistake and got caught unlike us. I recommend this book to anyone who feels alone if you are in this situation and have no support from family and friends.
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Summary: Screwed up writer...
Review: This book was nothing as I expected. I went in thinking that this was going to be a love story between a professional woman who worked at the prison, and happen to fall in love with a prisoner who was doing time for a small crime. Instead, it's a story about a writer, who had a messed up childhood, teenage years, and who currently has a screwed up adultlife. It was a story, to me, about a woman who is not happy with herself, and who has settled for anything, meaning, settling for someone doing major time for murder, and someone whom she may never get the opportunity to spend a "real" life with, outside of the prison walls. This book really was a waste of money, and I wouldn't recommend it at all. I just couldn't relate to the confused life of this Asha Bandele. Maybe she writes better magazine articles for Essence, but this book just wasn't cutting it.
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL, AND CAPTIVATING!
Review: Everyone should read this book. Especially our men. Thank you Asha Bandele for being so brave. I can't wait for the sequal.
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Summary: Spinning her wheels
Review: I did not enjoy this book. In my opinion, all the author did was share a story which should have been kept to herself. Black women writers, need to share stories which convey strength of conviction and hope for the future. Ms Bandele gives us neither. I am not condemning the life that she chose but the fact that it has been made public. A well educated Black woman who became an editor at Essence, is someone that most young Black girls would aspire to emulate, and they should. Professional Black personalities in entertainment, sports, enterprising business, etc. should accept that whether or not they choose to be, they are role models for less fortunate children of the ghetto. If this story at any time had given the reader emotional fullfillment or at least a sense of better days to come it would be worth the time and paper on which it is printed. This story is one which starts out hopeless and ends the same way. What was the point?
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Summary: SO REAL
Review: This is definitely a love story. It holds true to the saying of "Only he who feels it knows it." I am not the wife, but the girlfriend of an inmate. I truely understand Asha's pain. Everything is real. I read another review of this book that gave it a low rating. I don't know if they have ever had to get up at 5am in the morning for a prison visit that starts at 7am just to join the long line. Having to be of support financially and travel the long distance can be tiring and frustrating because of the time constraints. I have indeed spoken to other women who face the same situation and have encouraged me to be strong, not only for my sanity but for the one I love. When someone you love has made a mistake, walking out on them at a time when they need you most can be crucial. This book has given me so much inspiration to endure all of the lonely days I encounter. I await another encouraging book like "The Prisoner's Wife" to be published. I applaud Ms. Bandele for her courage and strength and hope one day that God answers her prayers along with all the others like myself in this struggle.
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Summary: A Fan For Life
Review: The Prisoner's Wife has the most fluid prose of any book that I have ever read. It keeps the reader emotionally involved throughout the work. This is one of the best books I have ever read. Simply put, this is the best memoir since Angela's Ashes
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