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In the Slammer with Carol Smith

Hortense Calisher

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Description:A finely observed and lovingly detailed portrait of a woman attempting to find a community and understand her own troubled historyAfter spending two decades in jails, psych wards, and halfway houses for her peripheral involvement in a radical students' bombing plot, thirty-six-year-old Carol Smith winds up squatting in a tattered space in Spanish Harlem. She spends the majority of her vagrant days socializing with her homeless neighbors, arguing with a testy social worker, and wandering the streets with Alphonse, a wayward South African wino and self-professed actor. Alphonse proves to be an inspiring force, and soon Carol is weaning herself off antidepressants as the sifting of her memories--mostly of her upbringing by two aunts in Massachusetts--creates a chance for redemption.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the Slammer with Carol Smith. To get started finding In the Slammer with Carol Smith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 252

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Open Road Media

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1480439010

Description: A finely observed and lovingly detailed portrait of a woman attempting to find a community and understand her own troubled historyAfter spending two decades in jails, psych wards, and halfway houses for her peripheral involvement in a radical students' bombing plot, thirty-six-year-old Carol Smith winds up squatting in a tattered space in Spanish Harlem. She spends the majority of her vagrant days socializing with her homeless neighbors, arguing with a testy social worker, and wandering the streets with Alphonse, a wayward South African wino and self-professed actor. Alphonse proves to be an inspiring force, and soon Carol is weaning herself off antidepressants as the sifting of her memories--mostly of her upbringing by two aunts in Massachusetts--creates a chance for redemption.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the Slammer with Carol Smith. To get started finding In the Slammer with Carol Smith, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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