The Women

There is all to play for inside a prison as bestseller Jacqui Rose's The Women struggle for power in her brilliant novel. Welcome to HMP Ashcroft. Run by a bent governor determined to impose his will with an iron fist, it might as well be hell for its inmates.Fights and favours are currency for survival, but nothing in life is free; there's always a price to be paid, and for some it's high. Amy has been serving a five-year stretch for money laundering and is about to be released on parole, but is terrified of her abusive husband waiting on the outside. Ness is pregnant by her pimp and serving a ten-year stretch for stabbing him, but just wants to be reunited with her two daughters.With no money, though, how are they going to survive?Tess is the top dog, running the drugs and girls as hard on the inside as she did on the outside, but the women are getting tired of her . . .and she's not about to give up her title without a fight. Whether serving time on the inside or outside, guilty or not, one thing is for certain: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned . ..