{"product_id":"becoming-ms-burton-from-prison-to-recovery-to-leading-the-fight-for-incarcerated-women-9781620974353","title":"Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignificant media\/awards for the hardcover edition\u003c\/strong\u003e: The hardcover edition received significant national print and broadcast attention, from Nicholas Kristof in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (who is likely to write again about the prison paperback edition), \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist, Democracy Now!\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Show\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tavis Smiley Show\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/i\u003e. It won the Goddard Riverside Social Justice Book Prize and the NAACP Image Award. The trade paperback edition will benefit from publicity around a special paperback edition being distributed free to incarcerated people in every state in 2018 (as featured in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInside Bookselling\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContinued promotion, tied to the author's nation-wide activism\u003c\/strong\u003e: Susan Burton tirelessly promotes the book and connects it to her ongoing advocacy work across the country, which involves talks at prisons, book talks, and high-profile speaking engagements as well as community- and school-wide reads.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing concern about criminal justice reform\u003c\/strong\u003e: Thanks in part to the extraordinary success of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration are central policy issues in every state and Susan Burton is a leading figure in these struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Burton\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit that provides sober housing and other support to formerly incarcerated women. Nationally known as an advocate for restoring basic civil and human rights to those who have served time, Burton was a winner of AARP's prestigious Purpose Prize and has been a Starbucks \"Upstander,\" a CNN Top 10 Hero, and a Soros Justice Fellow. She lives in Los Angeles. \u003cb\u003eCari Lynn\u003c\/b\u003e is a journalist and the author of five books of nonfiction, including \u003cem\u003eLeg the Spread\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Whistleblower\u003c\/em\u003e (with Kathryn Bolkovac). Lynn has written for \u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eHealth\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eDeadline Hollywood\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Los Angeles. \u003cb\u003eMichelle Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness \u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press). She lives in Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697357000978,"sku":"9781620974353","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21474537-2982-472e-8026-079c7474e5c3.jpg?v=1734300035","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-ms-burton-from-prison-to-recovery-to-leading-the-fight-for-incarcerated-women-9781620974353","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}