Piper Kerman’s memoir was adapted by Netflix as one of its first original content tv shows, with the show arguably overshadowing the book itself. That’s a real shame, as while the show is a great showcase for some diverse female actresses, it lacks the nuance and social issues highlighted by the book. The book chronicles Kerman’s year in a New England prison in the early aughts, roughly 10 years after she committed a drug trafficking offense that led her there. She tells the memoir largely […]