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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kessler, Lauren, author.
Title: Free : two years, six lives, and the long journey home / Lauren Kessler.
Description: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022] | Includes
bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021052691 (print) | LCCN 2021052692 (ebook) |
Subjects: LCSH: Ex-convicts--Social conditions. | Ex-convicts--Services
for. | Prisoners--Deinstitutionalization.
Classification: LCC HV9281 .K47 2022 (print) | LCC HV9281 (ebook) | DDC
364.8--dc23/eng/20211105
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052691
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052692