Christine Brown

The Visits

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This is a story of the visits I made over the years to men in one particular prison. When I started, I had no idea of what the inside of a prison would be like and even less what kind of men I would be meeting. Some had short sentences, some long and one or two had no prospect of release. Mostly, they just wanted to talk, ordinary day-to-day conversation, with someone from the outside. It was a bit like chatting to an acquaintance you would bump into in your local High Street. Sometimes we sat opposite each other in a noisy, crowded Visits Hall. I have no idea what if anything the men gained from the visits. For myself, I learned a lot, so I… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5289-3583-8
EAN: 9781528935838
Produktnummer: 32336614
Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 132 S.
Masse: H12.7 cm x B20.3 cm x D1.9 cm 174 g
Gewicht: 174
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Christine Brown has worked as a journalist on national and regional newspapers and women's magazines. Her first book, Goodbye Patrick, told the story of her five adopted children. Her second book, The Visits, told the story of her visits she made, over the years, to men in one particular prison. She read English literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and went on to do her PhD at Reading University. She was born in Edinburgh and now lives in Buckinghamshire.