{"product_id":"9781620974353","title":"Becoming Ms. Burton","description":"Author: Susan Burton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781620974353\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Press, The\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Biography\/Autobiography)\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Valuable . . . [like Michelle] Alexander's\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Susan Burton is a national treasure . . . her life story is testimony to the human capacity for resilience and recovery . . . [Becoming Ms. Burton is] a stunning memoir.\"\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Nicholas Kristof, in\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne woman's remarkable odyssey from tragedy to prison to recovery-and recognition as a leading figure in the national justice reform movement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Burton's world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van driving down their street. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South Los Angeles, a black community under siege in the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for over fifteen years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. Her organization, A New Way of Life, operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children-setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cem\u003eBecoming Ms. Burton\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920664608926,"sku":"ING-9781620974353","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781620974353.jpg?v=1782827375","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781620974353","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}