Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters
Discover the method of doing something from several sources. One of them is this publication entitle Out Of Orange: A Memoir, By Cleary Wolters It is an effectively recognized publication Out Of Orange: A Memoir, By Cleary Wolters that can be recommendation to read currently. This suggested book is among the all excellent Out Of Orange: A Memoir, By Cleary Wolters compilations that are in this website. You will also find other title and motifs from numerous writers to search below.
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters
Ebook Download : Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters
The real-life Alex Vause from the critically acclaimed, top-rated Netflix show Orange Is the New Black tells her story in her own words for the first time—a powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond.
Fans nationwide have fallen in love with Orange Is the New Black, the critically acclaimed and wildly popular Netflix show based on Piper Kerman’s sensational #1 New York Times bestseller. Now, Catherine Cleary Wolters—the inspiration for Alex Vause, Piper’s ex-girlfriend, friend, and sometimes-romantic partner on the show—tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks, set the record straight, and answer common fan questions.
An insightful, frustrating, heartbreaking, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange is an intimate look at international drug crime—a seemingly glamorous lifestyle that dazzles unsuspecting young women and eventually leads them to the seedy world of prison. Told by a woman originally thrust into the spotlight without her permission—Wolters learned about Piper’s memoir in the media—Out of Orange chronicles Wolter’s time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships and acquaintances with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. But Wolters is not solely defined by her past; she also reflects on her life and the person she is today.
Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, painful sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring.
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters- Amazon Sales Rank: #421394 in Books
- Brand: Wolters, Catherine Cleary
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.05" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
Review “A powerful, surprising memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinous drug trade and beyond.” (Publishers Weekly)“It’s a riveting tale, told well and full of lessons for those willing to listen. ... detailed here in a voice that is heartfelt and honest, toughening when it needs to but remaining steadfast.” (Eloise Kinney, Booklist)“Don’t mistake Wolters’s sticking to the facts for lack of engrossing intrigue. Anecdotes about her globetrotting and law-breaking—not to mention her affair with Kerman—make for can’t-put-it-down entertainment.” (Next Magazine)“Wolters’s accessible and honest memoir opens the door and invites readers in. Patrons won’t meet Alex Vause, the sultry drug-trafficking queen of OITNB. Instead, they’ll meet Wolters—a woman with aspirations, whose missteps take her on unexpected journeys. (Library Journal)“Where Piper’s account has given us a voyeuristic look at prison life that allows us as a nation to congratulate ourselves on being so well adjusted and normal compared to the people whose lives we can’t stop watching, Wolters’ book sounds much more authentic, insightful, and heartbreaking.” (Tattle)“In [Wolter’s] book, she tells an honest and emotional tale of the decisions and the mistakes she made, as well as the struggle to keep them from defining the rest of her life. (Amos Lassen, Reviews by Amos Lassen)In prose that is brilliant (at times breathtaking), Cleary also offers us a story of regret and redemption…She writes unflinchingly about her ordeals in the violent and overcrowded prison system.” (Janet Mason, Huff Post Books)
From the Back Cover
Cleary Wolters was going about her everyday life when she saw a commercial for a new TV show that stopped her in her tracks. The scene showed a young blond woman hopping out of a van, wearing an orange prison uniform. A blur of words and images followed, including allusions to lesbian lovers, drug smuggling, and life behind bars. Then Cleary saw a woman wearing her signature black-rimmed glasses and she dropped the remote. In that moment, Cleary knew that her private past had been brought to light in the most public way imaginable. Nothing would ever be the same again.
Orange Is the New Black went on to become an Emmy-winning cultural phenomenon streamed onto laptops and into living rooms around the world. The series, and the number one New York Times bestselling book of the same name, follows Piper, a privileged white woman who spent thirteen months in prison for her involvement in an international drug-smuggling ring. Cleary binge-watched the show along with the rest of the universe, though what was fun for everyone else was a weirdly personal, strangely unnerving interpretation of events that had shaped her own life.
Now speaking out for the first time to share her story—including how she introduced Piper to the criminal activities that would ultimately send both of them to prison—Cleary tells a brutally honest, emotional tale of the bold decisions and epic mistakes she made and the struggle to keep them from defining the rest of her life.
About the Author
Cleary Wolters is the real-life inspiration for the character Nora Jansen in Piper Kerman’s memoir and Alex Vause in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. Piper spent thirteen months in a Danbury, Connecticut, minimum-security prison beginning in 2004. Cleary, meanwhile, was charged with conspiracy to import heroin and served almost six years in a Dublin, California, prison before being paroled in 2008. Cleary has written poetry, fiction, and screenplays, the bulk of which were written during her prison sentence. This is her first memoir.
Where to Download Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters
Most helpful customer reviews
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful. Must Read!! By Caroline K. When I heard Catherine Cleary Wolters- the woman behind the fictional character Alex Vause in my favorite television show, Orange is the New Black, was writing a memoir, I knew I had to be one of the first to read it. As someone who has not only read Piper Kerman’s novel Orange is the New Black several times, but is continuously captivated by the Netfix series, I felt instinctively drawn to the story of the fictional Vause and hoped Wolters’ memoir would not only fill in the many lingering questions I had after reading Kerman’s book, but also provide me with an insight into the other side of the story- the side the show rarely explores and the side Kerman left me wanting to know more about. After submerging myself in Wolter’s memoir Out of Orange, not only were my expectations met, but they were exceeded on every level.Although the memoir, in many ways authentically fills many gaps left behind by Orange is the New Black the book and television series, its strength is its ability to stand on its own and provide readers from all backgrounds with an addicting look into the anxiety and real-life chaos surrounding the international drug ring Wolters became involved in, her complicated friendship and subsequent relationship with Piper Kerman, and the terrifying, heartbreaking realities of prison life.Along the way, Wolters introduces readers to characters not covered in the television series and provides readers with answers to questions only Wolters and Kerman could have, such as: “Did Wolters and Kerman really see each other in prison?” “Were they always a couple?” “How did Wolters and Kerman become involved with the drug ring?” “What happened that led to Wolters and Kerman’s arrest?” “Did Wolters really give Kerman’s name to police after she was arrested?” and “When was the last time Wolters and Kerman spoke?” Wolters even takes readers back to the first time she ever discovered the Orange is the New Black series was going to air on Netflix and briefly tells readers her intimate thoughts on the series.One thing I particularly liked about this memoir is that it isn’t exclusively the story of Piper and Alex (or Kerman and Wolters)- in fact, those who have never read Kerman’s book or seen the television series won’t feel like they’re missing anything. It’s not graphic. It’s not even a love story. Or a prison story for that matter. It’s the story of Cleary Wolters, a strong woman who fell into unfortunate circumstances and the internal and external struggles she faced while trying to come to terms with the choices she made along the way. It’s the story of the excitement and fear that comes with being a narcotics escort and the story of how despite however many wrong turns you take, it’s never too late in life to make the right one.A must read!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic By Francis Cleary Wolters shares with the reader her most vulnerable and intimate thoughts, in a forthright and engaging depiction of crime and punishment. The reader traverses through a a spectrum of emotions reading her tell all account. The author speaks with a unique balance of humor, as she discloses the realities of her decisions. Cleary Wolters memoir brilliantly offers insight into a world few ever encounter and the consequences of her decisions ripple through to the final page.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Even better than Orange Is The New Black By D.J.L If you are looking for something that could possibly top the quality of Piper Kerman's novel "Orange Is The New Black", and the show of the same name, you are in luck. This book provides so many visuals and specific details that I at times forgot that I am not a drug mule! Seriously! Wolters pulls you in with her humor and whit, and makes you love her. No wonder Piper Kerman jumped into the drug ring with Wolters. She's very convincing and charismatic.Beyond Wolters's enjoyable characteristics, she truly did give great insight into the drug world. One of the first scenes in the book is about the mules she was working with, and how they would wrap pills in material, swallow them, then hunt for them later on their way out. She put all the details out there. Details that if revealed to the public twenty years ago, would have gotten her head on a stick by the African drug lord she worked for. She also revealed interesting details on how expensive these drug operations are, and how much cash is done off the books. You might have thought corporations storing money in the Cayman islands to avoid taxes was obscene, just wait till you read this book. The expenses will astound you, as will the payout Wolters and her mules received.For those of you who are wondering how many details Wolters reveals about her time with Kerman, you have nothing to worry about. Kerman is an essential character to this memoir, and was an essential character to Wolters's operation. In fact, Wolters gave a lot more details about her involvement with Kerman, then Kerman did in her memoir "Orange Is The New Black". Not only were there more details, they were very specific. Nights of three sums and skinny dipping between Kerman and Wolters fill the pages of this book. There are lots of juicy details in here that fans of both the "Orange Is The New Black" novel and show do not want to miss out on. Wolters claimed on Twitter that Kerman told her that she has read the book, but will not let Wolters know her opinion. Hmm, take that however you feel appropriate! I do however have the utmost respect for Kerman, and have read her book and gone to see her give a speech live. She is respectable in person, and in this book.The only thing that I wish this book did that it does not already do, is provide more details about Wolters's time in prison. Which is funny, because when reading Kerman's book I had wished she provided more details of her involvement with the drug ring. I guess you can't have it both ways. Wolters spent 5 or 6 years in jail before she even got sentenced for her crime, and her amount of details are very very slim for that amount of time. She went into more detail when she talked about her time in prison, but not as much as I would like. She did however, give more details about what it was like exiting prison than Kerman did in her novel. Kerman literally left the reader with her walking out of prison, and that was it.I highly recommend this book. I am not a fast reader and I read this in a week. It is very captivating, and should be entertaining to those who are and are not already familiar with either the novel or show "Orange Is The New Black".
See all 65 customer reviews... Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary WoltersOut of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters PDF
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters iBooks
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters ePub
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters rtf
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters AZW
Out of Orange: A Memoir, by Cleary Wolters Kindle
