I had no idea this book existed until I saw it recommended on social media, and I’m glad I learned of it. This is an uncomfortable book. We meet the child in a prison with 39 other women. As the book goes on, we see this child, who has no memory of the  world before grow and learn and challenge the situation the other women have seemed to have accepted. It makes you question what exactly makes a person a person. Sure she has other women who she has relationships with, but she is still other because of her lack of their experiences. Her worldview is formed by the narrow history they share with her, but mostly from her experience outside of the prison walls. Even with the years she has with them, her growth is limited, and this ‘never enough’ mindset mixed with a truthfully misplaced sense of superiority makes her quite frustrating. It’s a lesson in what happens when community is lost, loneliness rules, and culture is erased, which is a very important lesson right about now.