{"product_id":"lessons-learned-life-altering-experiences-of-incarceration-9798665803104","title":"Lessons Learned: Life-Altering Experiences of Incarceration","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kenneth Gourlay\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir doubles as a self-help book, illustrating how one incarcerated person was able to use the experience of prison as an educational tool. From the life-shattering moment of a public accusation, the mechanical, assembly-line experience of being processed into an institution, and the trauma of being brought into a foreign and hostile culture, being inducted into the criminal justice system was not a rehabilitative or transformative experience at all. Nonetheless, even the harshest of experiences can be used for introspection and developing character. In some cases, there is no other choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with the author being accused of a crime and follows his journey through arrest, trial, and prison. Each chapter sees a part of the experience as a lesson. By the end of the book, the lessons amount to a new way of being in the world, and a new framework for understanding what is truly important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese lessons do not suggest a comprehensive or universal education we all should strive for; rather they are part of one person's life education. They served as a path of self-discovery and a deeper understanding of the world. They are offered to the reader as an opportunity to reflect on their own life in a way that may bring the reader closer to peace and harmony with the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45559597170839,"sku":"9798665803104","price":1140.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798665803104.webp?v=1767921972","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/lessons-learned-life-altering-experiences-of-incarceration-9798665803104","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}