Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar: Letters from Prison General Fiction Emma Smith-Stevens follows the exploits

Emma Smith-Stevens follows the exploits and evolution of a young man––known only as “the Australian”––over the course of a dozen years

Claire’s carefully organised life spirals into chaos after a night out at Chia’s infamous restaurant

a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney

heartfelt connection he had with the lands he roamed

and raged at those around him—whites indifferent

Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar: Letters from Prison General Fiction Emma Smith-Stevens follows the exploitsLife with no parole for fifty years. Thats what my paperwork reads. I saw it in print the day I arrived. So begins Patty Prewitts epistolary memoir, describing the first eighteen years of her incarceration in various Missouri womens prisons. Her letters tell the nightmarish story of incarceration while also describing her daily attempts at making the best of the situation with keen observation, humor, and compassion for those around her. Patty served