![]() It is a radical call for justice, and a testament to the power of finding one's voice. Written in luminous prose, with searing honesty and flashes of dark humour, Corrections in Ink shines a light on a broken prison system, and the cruelty and kindness Blakinger experienced there. ![]() Shortly afterwards, she is convicted and sent to prison.įorced to confront her addiction, Keri finally manages to break free of it, and finds herself in a place unlike anything she has experienced before: a world built on senseless brutality, but whose inhabitants, her fellow inmates, will change her life forever. Keri Blakinger’s new memoir details an early figure skating career with an abrupt end, her subsequent spiral into heroin addiction and a felony arrest and prison term in New York. But on a cold December day, Keri is arrested with a Tupperware container full of heroin. In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ Texas journalist shares her journey from incarceration to investigating prisons & jails. ![]() Whether flying through the air, chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink surviving on as few calories as she could or balancing a heroin addiction with pursuing a degree at an Ivy League university. Keri Blakinger had always lived at full throttle. 'A raw, fast-paced portrait of one woman's descent into a mental abyss' Keri Blakinger's brave, brutal memoir, Corrections in Ink, is a riveting story about suffering, recovery and redemption' PIPER KERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK a testament to where a woman can go after rock-bottom' ![]() 'A groundbreaking debut from an extraordinary writer. ![]() Corrections in Ink: Dispatches from an American Prison Keri Blakinger € 28.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 3-5 working days. ![]()
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