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Can’t Catch a Break

November 26, 2014January 26, 2015 Susan Sered

Eulogy for Elizabeth

This was a hard week. Threatened with a 60 year prison sentence for firing a warning shot in the presence of her chronically abusive husband, […]

October 7, 2014January 26, 2015 Susan Sered

Updates on the Women of Can’t Catch a Break

The publication of Can’t Catch a Break is not the end of the stories of the women whose life experiences are described in the book. […]

August 19, 2014January 25, 2015 Susan Sered

Can’t Catch a Break

Our new book Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs and the Limits of Personal Responsibility is now available through University of California Press, Amazon […]

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