Their stories could fill the pages of a novel —- the 8-year-old who delivered clean syringes to her mother; the 13-year-old who contracted hepatitis from shooting up with her dad; the abused wife who fought back with deadly consequences.
Many of the accounts that prison doctor Sherri Lewis frequently hears sound like fiction. Unfortunately, they aren't.
Lewis, a chronic care doctor at Metro State Women's Prison in Atlanta, says she may someday use the stories as the basis for a book. For now, she's marking the release of her first novel on a different topic —- a marriage ended by homosexuality. "My Soul Cries Out" will be released July 3 by Urban Christian, an imprint of Urban Books. More...
