About the Author

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.

Reviews

“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