Although I was simply what today would be called a "mule" - the bottom of the food chain in the drug biz - the federal system treated me from beginning to end like a major criminal, and I still don't… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but hookers and… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
There's a stone I had made for Luke at the top of the hill road, where the pasture opens wide and the setting sun highlights the words carved into its face. "That'll do, Luke, that'll do." The words are said to working dogs all over the world when the chores are done and the flock is settled: "That'll do dog,… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share
A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
My husband regarded my prison past as a dirty secret and never asked me one single question about it. But what I had experienced… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
I'm actually a lowlife. On the street at fifteen and also in jail for the first time at that age, and off and on… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
Although I was simply what today would be called a "mule" - the bottom of the food chain in the drug biz - the… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
At eighty-one, health club-lusting is as close as I'll ever come to getting laid again. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
I had a naïve idea that if I could tell the story, people would be outraged and do something about conditions in the jails. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
“We humans may be brilliant and we may be special, but we are still connected to the rest of life. No one reminds us… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
