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A Jailbird's-Eye View of Tent City (Paperback)
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A Jailbird's-Eye View of Tent City (Paperback)
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"A Jailbird's-eye View of Tent City" draws openly from an 18 month
stay in county jail. This tale is a lighthearted, comic spoof of
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Tent City located in Phoenix, Arizona. It
contains exploits and anecdotes navigating the perilous and often
absurd ins and outs of a detention center which has been a
lightning rod for controversy. A Jailbird's-eye View of Tent City
features affable, optimistic schemer, Janie Doughy. At 48, Doughy
finds herself confined to indoor lockup where she waits six months
for a judge to decide her fate. Here she befriends Maria; a
prostitute, who is the maternal, interfering kind with a lifetime
habit of butting into other people's business. Keisha is Doughys'
poker partner who could do more with the raising of an eyebrow than
Moses could do with the Ten Commandments. Angel has a glass-eye and
a heart of marble, yet Doughy finds herself unaccountably attracted
to her. Doughy is finally sentenced to one year in Tent City.
Refusing to work in the laundry without Hazmat certification,
Doughy is manhandled and tossed into the hole. Humbled by
isolation, she returns to the tents only to be hit in the head with
a pink sock full of combination locks (Slock) for sitting at the
wrong table at chow. Unmoved by unpleasantness, Doughy dreams up a
scheme to get cigarettes into the encampment to help shore up her
gambling problem. "A Jailbird's-eye View of Tent City" is a feel
good tale that ends in heavenly redemption, while offering: some
fights, plenty of lunatics, oodles of racial tension, pink undies,
green bologna and a women's chain gang. Doughy's contrite manner,
delusional optimism, perseverance and a surrounding cast of
endearing convicts makes this romp behind razor-wire more comic
than corrective.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Di Erickson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
312 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4952-6795-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
Parodies & spoofs
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4952-6795-4 |
Barcode: |
9781495267956 |
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