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. She lives in Toronto with her family.
“Empathetic and insightful. . . . A strong case for the humanizing
power of literature.” —Quill & Quire
“A lively and warm account of her eighteen months in two prison
book clubs. . . . This book is a testament to what reading together
can do in prison. . . . Walmsley shows how reading and
rehabilitation can go hand-in-hand.” —The Times Literary
Supplement
“Quietly captures the transformative power of literature in a tough
place.” —The Globe and Mail
“A story of redemption and transcending the victim mentality.” —New
York Post
“Enough to make you want to start your own little book
club.” —Kobo.com
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