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Orange Is the New Black

Piper Kerman

Start date: June 15, 2015

Finish date: July 20, 2015

Why we're reading this: Contemporary Book Discussion Group pick for June 2015.

Meets the third Monday of the month at 7:00PM. Thi…more
[close] Contemporary Book Discussion Group pick for June 2015.

Meets the third Monday of the month at 7:00PM. This self-directed group is sponsored by the Friends of the Canton Public Library. No pre-registration is required.

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Nov 03, 2014 Erin rated it really liked it

Shelves: biography-memoir, adult, humor, lgbtq, nonfiction, girl-main-character, audio, books-to-movies, ebook

I watched the TV show first, and found it engaging. Each character is given increasing amounts of context over the course of two seasons, which is fascinating, given that they all are interacting at this prison. Moments of absurdity (the Season 2 Finale comes to mind), are balanced by these women and men with complex back stories, motivations, and choices.

After watching, I sought out the source material to find out what was true. It became apparent rather quickly that the TV show is much more d ...more

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Jul 29, 2013 Whitney rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, read-in-2013, feminism-and-women-s-studies

Sep 01, 2018 Tiffany marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Sep 12, 2015 Lizeth Kreucher marked it as to-read

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