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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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