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Memoir Tells Maximum-Security Love Story

In a new memoir, author Bridget Kinsella — a former cheerleader and honor-roll student — discusses her unlikely relationship with an inmate at Pelican Bay.
In a new memoir, author Bridget Kinsella — a former cheerleader and honor-roll student — discusses her unlikely relationship with an inmate at Pelican Bay.

Bridget Kinsella was a professional woman whose life took an unexpected turn when she found herself falling in love with a man serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay Maximum Security Prison.

Kinsella has written a memoir about her unlikely relationship and about the experiences of other women visiting loved ones behind bars.

Bridget Kinsella, author, Visiting Life: Women Doing Time on the Outside

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