A heart-warming story about the redemptive qualities of reading.
Ann Walmsley is a magazine journalist whose work has appeared in The Globe and Mail and Maclean's. She is the recipient of four National Magazine Awards, a Canadian Business Journalism Award and two International Regional Magazine Awards. She founded her first book club at age nine.
'This book is a testament to what reading together can do in
prison...Walmsley shows how reading and rehabilitation can go
hand-in-hand'.
*TLS*
'Reveals the redemptive power of reading, with unexpected and
morally acute insights'.
*The Lady*
'I loved this book! What a powerful testament to the magic of
story-telling.'
*Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle*
‘Explores the intriguing tension between the lives of incarcerated
men and the liberating effects of reading great books. A
terrific read that offers a glimpse into a world that is at once
constricted yet capable of great emotional generosity.’
*Steven Galloway, author of The Cellist of Sarajevo and The
Confabulist*
‘A soulful exploration of men’s hearts and minds, The Prison
Book Club offers a unique window into inmates’ lives. Funny
and full of insight, Walmsley brings her best to the job at hand,
winning us with tenderness. A wonderful read.’
*Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of the bestselling Drink: The
Intimate Relationship Between Women and*
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