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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 365.6092
EAN: 9780786717934
ISBN: 0786717939
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: November 02, 2006
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press
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Editorial Review:
When seventeen-year-old T.J. Parsell held up the local Photo Mat with a toy gun, he was sentenced to four and a half to fifteen years in prison. The first night of his term, four older inmates drugged Parsell and took turns raping him. When they were through, they flipped a coin to decide who would "own" him. Forced to remain silent about his rape by a convict code among inmates (one in which informers are murdered), Parsell's experience that first night haunted him throughout the rest of his sentence. In an effort to silence the guilt and pain of its victims, the issue of prisoner rape is a story that has not been told. For the first time Parsell, one of America's leading spokespeople for prison reform, shares the story of his coming of age behind bars. He gives voice to countless others who have been exposed to an incarceration system that turns a blind eye to the abuse of the prisoners in its charge. Since life behind bars is so often exploited by television and movie re-enactments, the real story has yet to be told. Fish is the first breakout story to do that.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - a little warning: it haunts!
Sorry, this is more of an emotional release than a fully fledged review.
What a twisted prison system in a seemingly civilized society!
What a brave young man that has succeeded in beating the odds and coming back from it!
What a beautiful first love story that has an inevitable sad ending like it always does!
I'm not a native english speaker, but I believe the power of any good book is beyond languages.
Rating:  - Sh_t on my D_ck or Blood on my Shank
While the story is bizzare, disgusting and pathetic; the apparent fact that this person did not have the "Heart" to fight off his aggressors, does not rationalize the nightmarish environments he had to endure. Talk about a meat grinder: white trailer park trash becomes white sex slave and then finally becomes an apparent healthy male with wounds. I think for me there is this feeling , however slight it may be, that this could happen to anyone of us and the subject therefore should not be so easily ... Read More
Rating: - Shocking Eye-Opener
As soon as I finished reading this book, I went back to the beginning and read it again. I was blown away by Parsell's experiences and his courage to come forth and tell the truth. He made me realize how ignorant I was about life in prison. I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed his writing. Highly recommended!
Rating: - Incredible!
I read a great review of this book on a writer's blog & couldn't wait to read it! It truly is a courageous story and I admire Parsell for sharing such difficult memories. Bravo!
Rating: - What a Great Book
I suppose my title is strange for a book about this subject---but it was really wonderful and I see everyone else liked it too. This is going to be a book I KEEP on my shelves, usually I get rid of the book after I read it. I couldn't wait to pick it up again. Most autobiographies I don't like, they don't tell the whole story, but T.J. Parsell really, really bares his soul to us and I thank him. And he's really come so far in life since his prison days.
There was just about every emotion ... Read More
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