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Kerry Tucker Kerry Tucker i(A141690 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Kerry Tucker was imprisoned for five years for theft. While in prison she completed a Master of Arts (Writing) and began a PhD.

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y separately published work icon The Prisoner : How One Woman's Jail Term Was the Making of Her Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 2018 16981967 2018 single work autobiography crime

'Kerry Tucker seemed to be a typical suburban mother of two, but she had a terrible secret: she had been stealing money from her employers.

'When her offence was discovered it was reported to be the biggest white-collar crime committed by a female in Victoria, and she was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison, alongside the state’s most notorious criminals. Being incarcerated with drug dealers and murderers, however, was not nearly as daunting as having to tell her two young daughters why she was leaving them. The shame was almost unbearable.

'As Kerry adjusted to life behind bars, she began to see her fellow inmates as more than simply ‘murderers’ and ‘drug dealers’ – they became real people with names and broken dreams. And as they opened up to her, she realised that many of these women had violent home lives and were not getting parole simply because they couldn’t fill out the paperwork. Horrified, Kerry set about using her skills to represent them. She also began to study.


'Today, Kerry has a PhD, advocates for women prisoners, and has been reunited with her daughters. In her inspiring memoir, filled with fascinating stories of life behind bars and shot through with wry humour, she reveals how one woman’s darkest hour can become a turning point in her life. And how, just perhaps, it can even be the making of her.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 longlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best True Crime
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