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POLITICAL
PRISONER
NO.
1
Tracy Cowan, had never been in trouble with the law before. Her
son was six when she
was sentenced to a twenty year prison term for drugs the boy’s
father hid in her basement…..
Reader
reviews:
“Your
story
is one of terror in our American prison system….thank you for
raising awareness, empowering women, and speaking for those who do not
have a voice.” Vivian B. USA
“I
am
a mother of two and in graduate school. I spent two days reading
your book –I couldn’t put it down. I had to keep reminding myself this
wasn’t taking place in some third world country.” Angela, (Tennessee)
“I
cannot
comprehend how people (and especially vulnerable women) in a
supposedly civilized society could be subjected to the horrors you
describe.”
Glenn
(UK)
“Your
book
is one of the best books I have ever read and should be required
reading in every high school.” Tracy B. (Temecula,
California)
“I
just
completed your book and hope it is a best seller. This is America
and we don’t treat people that way and get away with it. Good luck to
you.” Carol King (USA)
“I
live
in England and it made me glad to live in a country with a more
enlightened attitude towards criminal and drug justice. My own son was
highly addicted to narcotics and was placed into a series of
rehabilitation programs and managed a complete recovery. Had he been
subject to the prison system as you had I very much doubt he would be
alive today.” Neil Tembly, England.
“Your
story
is so much more than what they put on TV or in the news. Thank
you for writing it.” Elaine V. USA
“I
read
about this bizarre case in 2008. Only Marie’s version of events
made sense even then. I became an active supporter of Marie and her
family. Her determination and resolve have been an inspiration and
taught me the value of getting involved.”
Chris
Keil (Current Web master of this site.) California
“The
story
reflects the mental resilience of an individual to rise above her
circumstances, to redeem her life, and to
forgive.” Patti Gorman
(also a friend and admirer) Vancouver, Canada
Two parallel worlds
As
a
wife,
mother,
and
community
activist,
Susan
LeFevre
stood
to
lose
everything
–
her
life,
her
family,
and
her
reputation.
As
a
falsely
accused
drug
lord,
escaped
convict,
and
hunted
felon
from
the
Michigan
Department
of
Correction,
incarceration
was
never
far
from
her
consciousness
Sent
to
prison
at
age
19
on
a
minor
drug
offense—a
10-to-20-years
sentence
after
she’d
been
promised
probation—Susan
Marie
LeFevre
chose
to
escape
the
life
she’d
been
dealt
and
begin
a
new
one.
After
throwing
a
suede
jacket
over
the
20
foot
high
barb-wired
prison
fence,
she
shortened
her
name
and
spent
the
next
thirty-two
years
living
the
life
she’d
always
planned.
She
married,
raised
three
children,
volunteered
for
charity
events
and
played
bridge
with
her
many
friends
and
neighbors—all
the
while
carrying
the
secret
of
her
past.
Not
even
her
husband
knew
who
she really was. The
explosive story of her capture played out in the news, usually with the
headline starting "Fugitive Mom..." as she became a voiceless pawn
shuttling across country on a prison-bound bus back to the confines of
Michigan’s notoriously cruel penitentiary system.
It
is
a
story
that
begins
in
the
fractious,
idealistic
60s,
delves
into
the
world
of
drugs
and
touches
on
church
scandal,
race
relations
and
a
corrupt
judicial
system.
Readers
will
experience
the
headiness
of
that
all-consuming
first
love,
the
humiliation
of
squatting
naked
in
a
jail
cell,
the
friendships—and
enmities—forged
by
necessity
among
prison
women.
And
finally,
readers
will
understand
the
price one pays in trying to escape the past and the lessons to be
learned by confronting it.
Her
parallel
worlds
were
forever
intertwined
as
the
country
witnessed
it
played
out
in
courtrooms,
news
media
and
before
public
officials
who
ultimately
decided
her
fate.
Marie Walsh
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