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In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master’s degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. Jill got a job was behind bars as the prison librarian at a men’s minimum-security prison.Over the course of a little less than two years, Jill came to see past the bleak surroundings and the orange jumpsuits and recognize the humanity of the men stuck behind bars. They were just like every other library patron—persons who simply wanted to read, to be educated and entertained through the written word. By helping these inmates, Jill simultaneously began to recognize the humanity in everyone and to discover inner strength that she never knew she had.
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Reading Behind Bars, Jill Grunenwald
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- 2019
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- Titel
- Reading Behind Bars
- Untertitel
- A True Story of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Jill Grunenwald
- Verlag
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2019
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 360
- ISBN10
- 1510737065
- ISBN13
- 9781510737068
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Rechtsthematik, Frauen, Autobiografien & Memoiren, USA, Biographien, Über Bücher, Soziale Gerechtigkeit, Bibliotheken, Strafrecht, Kriminologie, Gefangene, Bibliothekare
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- In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master’s degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. Jill got a job was behind bars as the prison librarian at a men’s minimum-security prison.Over the course of a little less than two years, Jill came to see past the bleak surroundings and the orange jumpsuits and recognize the humanity of the men stuck behind bars. They were just like every other library patron—persons who simply wanted to read, to be educated and entertained through the written word. By helping these inmates, Jill simultaneously began to recognize the humanity in everyone and to discover inner strength that she never knew she had.