Seventy Times Seven: A True Story of Murder and Mercy, by Alex Mar.

I read this at the same time I was watching Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which did nothing to quell my tendency to go back to school for a career change at any given moment. Seventy Times Seven, however, broke my heart. I have so many feelings about the carceral state, and this book made those feelings worse. I am proud of Paula, wherever she is, and I hope she has learned to forgive herself.

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Shonteria Gibson