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THE MANY LIVES OF MAMA LOVE (OPRAHS BOOK CLUB) ...

'Lara Love Hardin shares compelling and important truths in her beautifully told personal
story.' PIPER KERMAN  author of the no. 1 New York Times bestseller Orange is the New Black
'Thrilling  funny  heartbreaking and moving. I'll return to this book when I need to be
reminded of the power of the human spirit.' DAVID SHEFF  author of the no. 1 New York Times
bestseller Beautiful Boy 'Compelling and timely' BRYAN STEVENSON  author of the New York Times
bestseller Just Mercy The Neighbour From Hell is the astonishing tale of Lara's descent from
middle class soccer mum with an enviable lifestyle  beautiful home and family to an opiate
addict and identity thief. Convicted of 32 felonies  her children are taken away and she is
placed in a local jail. In this strange and frightening new world  she has to get grips with
life behind bars. Lara becomes known in prison as Mama Love. She helps the women around her get
to grips with their own troubles  writes letters for them  acts as an advocate  and comforts
them in their darkest moments. Soon she climbs the jailhouse social ladder to become 'the shot
caller' showing that jailhouse politics and PTA politics are not that different. Through her
incarceration  Lara reveals a world where makeshift furniture is made from tampon boxes and
snicker bars are currency  a world of brutal corruption and abuse  and of surprising humanity
and tenderness. Her story gives us a rare glimpse into the lives of the women in jail she spent
time with and the very real challenges they  and she  faced trying to make it out of prison 
regain custody of their children and start life afresh.

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