BECOMING MS. BURTON: FROM PRISON TO RECOVERY TO LEADING THE FIGHT FOR INCARCERATED WOMEN

Book ID/图书代码： 12861016B97793

English Summary/英文概要： Susan Burton’s world changed in an instant when her five-year-old son was killed by a van on their street in South Los Angeles. Consumed by grief and without access to professional help, Susan self-medicated, becoming addicted first to cocaine, then crack. As a resident of South L.A., an impoverished black community under siege by the War on Drugs, it was but a matter of time before Susan was arrested. She cycled in and out of prison for fifteen years; never was she offered therapy or treatment for addiction. On her own, she eventually found a private drug rehabilitation facility.

Once clean, Susan dedicated her life to supporting women facing similar struggles. She began by greeting women as they took their first steps of freedom, welcoming them into her home, providing a space of safety and community. Her organization, A New Way of Life, now operates five safe homes in Los Angeles that supply a lifeline to hundreds of formerly incarcerated women and their children—setting them on the track to education and employment rather than returns to prison. Susan is now nationally known as an advocate for restoring basic civil and human rights to those who have served time. Becoming Ms. Burton not only humanizes the deleterious impact of mass incarceration, it also points the way to the kind of structural and policy changes that will offer formerly incarcerated people the possibility of a life of meaning and dignity.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当5岁的儿子在洛杉矶南部的街上被卡车撞死后，Susan Burton（苏珊·伯顿）的世界发生了彻底的变化。悲痛不已的同时，Susan无法得到专业的帮助，Susan开始对可卡因上瘾，住在洛杉矶南部一个被毒品包围的贫困的黑人社区里，Susan的被捕是迟早的事情。15年来，她反复出入监狱，但却没有得到针对毒瘾的治疗。最终，凭借自己的力量，Susan找到了一家私人戒毒所。

戒掉毒瘾后，Susan开始致力于帮助那些与她同病相怜的女性们。她欢迎那些女性来到自己家中，为她们提供安全的庇护所。由她创办的组织“重拾人生”现在在洛杉矶已经拥有5所庇护所，为成百上千的女性和孩子提供帮助，让他们重回学习和工作的轨道，而不是再次被捕入狱。Susan现在已成为家喻户晓的人物，积极拥护基本公民权利和人权。《成为伯顿女士》一书不仅为大规模监禁的有害影响赋予了人性，还指出了能够为曾经被监禁的人群提供重生和尊严的机会的结构和政策改变。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：“苏珊的人生故事是我们这个民族急需聆听和理解的故事。这是一个关于个人转变和集体力量的故事，也是一个关于女性重获自由的旅程。”——Michelle Alexander，作家。

"Susan’s life story is one our nation desperately needs to hear and understand. This is a story about personal transformation and collective power. It is about one woman’s journey to freedom, and in the process helping to free us all."—Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow

“Susan Burton’s life and work are a testament to the power of second chances and the impact one person can have on the lives of others. Her book is a stirring and moving tour-de-force—a beautiful inspiration for all of us to continue to fight for justice.” —John Legend, actor, singer, and songwriter

“Susan Burton is someone who inspires while she educates. Her powerful and compelling memoir is an unforgettable journey and also an extraordinary light for all who are looking for answers on how we must recover, restore, and redeem those who have been incarcerated. This is a must-read.”—Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy

About the Author/作者介绍： Susan Burton 曾经是一名遭监禁的妇女，在将近20年的监狱生活后，她曾一度无法找到工作，无法找到居所，也无法得到足够的毒瘾治疗。1997年她重获自由，并且开始帮助那些与她有同样经历的妇女。2010年，她被提名CNN十佳英雄，并荣获哈弗大学肯尼迪政府学院颁发的“积极市民奖”。她现居洛杉矶。

Cari Lynn 是一名记者，曾著有四本非小说类书籍，包括《告密者：性贩卖、军事承包商和为正义而战的女性》等。她现居洛杉矶。

Susan Burton is a formerly incarcerated woman who after nearly two decades in the criminal justice system was unable to find work, housing, or adequate addiction-recovery treatment. She gained freedom and sobriety in 1997 and made it her life s work to help other women walking in her shoes. In 2010 she was nominated as a CNN Top 10 Hero and received the Citizen Activist Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has been a Soros Justice Fellow and a Women s Policy Institute Fellow at the California Wellness Foundation. She lives in Los Angeles.

Cari Lynn is a journalist and the author of four books of nonfiction, including "The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman s Fight for Justice" with Kathryn Bolkovac, and "Leg the Spread: A Woman s Adventures Inside the Trillion-Dollar Boy s Club of Commodities Trading." Cari has written for "O, The Oprah Magazine," "Health," the "Chicago Tribune," and "Deadline Hollywood." She lives in Los Angeles."

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