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Summary: Prisoner's Wife
Review: The novel was just okay. I have a lot of questions for the author that she did not answer in the book. I felt the author kept glorifying her relationship with a prisoner.
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Summary: the prisoner's wife
Review: I think the book is truly a LOVE story. Asha was very open with the telling of the story of her and a man she met in prison. It was very detailed. It will touch the lives of many people in this same situation like myself. It makes you realize what love should really be about. I just hope they are still together. Their struggle is one to understand. I do. Thank you for the book Asha Bandele.
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Summary: A Wonderful and Inspiring Love Story
Review: I would like to commend Asha Bandele for writing the story of her love for Rashid and his love for her. Too often we place limitations on where we find love and who we will love, we allow the negative opinions of others to determine our destiny. Her story is one that is truly inspiring in my life, I too have found myself to be in love with a man that is incarcerated serving a life sentence. Prior to reading The Prisoners wife, I found myself debating on if I should keep my love for this man hidden from my friends and family. Ms. Bandele has been inspirational in helping me to see that there is no shame in loving this man.. So I say to you Ms. Bandele... keep your head up, keep loving Rashid, don't let the thoughts and negative criticisms that are surely to come your way hinder the love and respect that you and Rashid have for one another.. Thanks for not being ashamed to tell your story to those of that are walking in your shoes.. we needed to hear it... I also say thanks for giving some insight to those that don't understand those of us that have made a conscious decision to love men that are behind bars... If one really opens their hearts and mind in reading The Prisoners Wife they will discover that this is a book that will reveal what true love is all about whether your mate is incarcerated or in the free world...
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Summary: wonderful
Review: I throught this was a wonderful book. it's really deep, and lets u know u never know where u might find love
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Summary: A beautiful love story. Honest, Strong, Determined
Review: I cannot in anyway compare myself to Asha. To her life situations. Although she is not a prisoner in an institution, she is a prisoner of it. I praise her for being able to tell her story and weather the storms. Faltering at times nevertheless bearing it and telling it.Rashid, the man of what all men should be. Able to face his mistakes and keep moving in a positive way without the hinderance of the past but with a stregnth from it. A man who is not ashamed to love. With the ability to accept love and give love in return. Asha: You keep loving Rashid. Your Man. Your Baby. Your King. Rashid: You keep loving Asha. Your Woman. Your Momi. Your Queen. May the strength of your love keep you and see you through to the end. If only we all could find a love like this. A stong unfailing love.
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Summary: An Important Book
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Mrs. Bandele is able to paint images in such a way that they are not merely seen, they are indeed felt. I felt like I was standing right beside Mrs. Bandele on those cold mornings waiting on the prison van. This is the most honest memoir I've read in quite some time. Asha is real. Rashid is real, and the pain and joy of their struggle is painted with such blinding colors and poetic voice that the Prisoner's Wife is indeed art. We always hear about one out of three brothers being in jail on parole or in some way tied to the illegal just us system, but we don't hear about the wives, the mothers, the girlfriends. We don't hear about the struggle and the humiliation they go through for their loved ones. We don't get to know the men behind bars as anything other sterotypes. We have lost sight of the human beings who find themselves in these dehumanizing situtions. Mrs. Bandele's book makes us see, makes us feel, and that makes The Prisoner's Wife a very important book. A book that must be read.
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Summary: Hated it...
Review: The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir is the first book that I have ever read that I can honestly say I hated. This is certainly not a book I would have chosen to read on my own - it was a book club choice and I had to suffer through it. I knew that I would not be a fan of the book's content, but I tried to keep an open mind. I felt that the author was so busy trying to paint a picture with her words that she actually forgot to tell us her story.
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Summary: To each her own
Review: I too can not say I enjoyed or did not enjoy this book. Its something I probably would not have read, but it was a book club selection. I guess more than anything the book made me feel sorry for Asha. She really suffered a lot throughout her childhood and teenage years, which could account for some of her decisions. One thing I could really see was that she was lonely and looking for love in all the wrong places. It was almost that she was real guilible or Rashid had her fooled. Especially about the appeal and getting out early. Interesting story.
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Summary: Can adversity lead to peace?
Review: I did not like Prisoner's Wife and I did not dislike the book. While it had no redeeming message for me, I cannot say that Ms. Bandele's experience is invalid because it is not my experience. As I read, I kept a sad feeling because she appeared to be defined by so many negative life circumstances (ie, sex abuse, drug abuse, abortion, prison experiences, etc.) I guess she wanted to let the reader know her love for Mr. Rasheed was her empowerment, but, I could not tell if she found peace at the end of the book.
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Summary: gives breathe and life to so many otherwise'invisible' lives
Review: To say I loved the prisoner's wife is an extreme understatement. In this book, asha bandele validates and affirms our inherrent desire to love and be loved, and she reminds us that it is okay to want to be involved in healthly, powerfully loving and life affirming relationships. This is truly a love story like no other. Communication, trust and unconditional love - the hallmarks of what we strive for in our relationships. The Prisoner's Wife reminds us that we can and must recognize the humanity and dignity in each of us no matter what side of the prison wall we find ourselves. This book is excellent not only because it is about love, but it is also about human qualities and human needs. And this is particularly important as it relates to the lives of Black people for whom there are virtually non-existent media examples of healthly and enriching relationships. Why? Because unlike asha, so few people ever write about true love and its reality in the lives of Black people. That's why the prisoner's wife gets my vote. It is a beautiful story that chronicles the journey of true love. It is not a story that stuffs the fabric of people's lives in a happily ever after package. It is also not fraught by dysfunction, anger and resentment. Having read this book makes me feel all the more richer and better for having shared asha and rasheed's experience.
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