Women in Jail Write to Find Freedom - Wally Lamb's Workshop

Life Sentences: Writing Behind Bars

By Wally Lamb
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the February 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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In prison, they are robbers and murderers. On paper, they are women not so different from the rest of us. Novelist Wally Lamb explains how writing their life stories sets them free, and how anyone who's built a prison around herself can do the same.

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