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Breakfast at Bronzefield

By: Sophie Campbell
Narrated by: Karla Simone Spence
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HMP Bronzefield, the UK’s largest women’s prison: notorious for bent screws and drugs: but what’s the truth behind the headlines?

Forced into signing an NDA when she arrived there on remand, former public schoolgirl Sophie risked extra time on her sentence by documenting her experiences of life inside. Backed up by recent research and statistics, Breakfast at Bronzefield offers a powerful glimpse into a world few see: riots; unethical medical prescribing; and prison barons - key figures behind prostitution and drug-smuggling. In a world where anything goes and being rehabilitated simply means saying ‘sorry’ right up until you’re released, how will Sophie cope on the outside, where she is expected to play by different rules? Will she succeed in creating the life she wants? Or, like most prisoners, will she end up back where she started?

©2020 Sophie Campbell (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd Women

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"Powerfully written.... You give me hope." (Dame Sally Coates)
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So vey disappointed
Really struggled to finish this, Narrator has no personality, such a shame!

Great Story Bland Narrator

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The author does not disclose or discuss much of why she was in prison and what she did all she talks about is how she can do this, is educated and what needs to change really boring couldn’t wait to finish

Boring and arrogant

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I did enjoy this book. it was very interesting to hear about the daily life inside the prison.

however I found the author to be unlikeable, she seemed to have an extremely large chip on her shoulder and a poor me attitude. I think maybe the book could of been improved by explaining about the reason she was imprisoned in the first place .

Good listen, however

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There is a social and political undertone in this story that the author rightly brings to the fore on numerous occasions. What let's it down is repetitive 'get pissed off with a Prison officer, assault them, end up in seg....' narrative which while true gets boring after a while.
If you liked this I would recommend Ted Conovers book NewJack.
If you are passionate about the Criminal justice system and prison reform Breakfast at Bronzefield is the book for you.
If not maybe this isn't the book for you.

Prison Story

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Sold as a expose about life in HMP Bronzefield, this book is actually very dissapointing indeed. The author makes some fairly wild and concerning claims about the prison, but then fails to substantiate them or offer any level of novel analysis. It's very difficult to trust the author - her view seems to be that she's better than everyone else around her; whereas an impartial listener will find her (unlike most of her fellow prisoners) didn't have any real mitigation or explanation for committing the violent crime she did, and who then blames everyone but herself for both being in prison and her experiences inside. The author is very open about the fact she chooses not to engage with any of the help on offer and choses to assault staff whenever she didn't get her own way - but then seems to blame the prison for her lack of rehabilitation.

Let down by the Author

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The prisoner seems to forget that she is a prisoner. She contradicts herself throughout the book, and if I hear she has a university degree again, I swear I will scream it’s just rubbish rubbish rubbish don’t read it buy something else.

Rubbish

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The worst book I've listened to in a long time. Vaguely interesting what prison life is like but dear God so repetitive.

Repetitive

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although the author didn't go into much detail about her offence she gave an eye opening and very gritty account of the horrendous life in prisons today. I am horrified at the corruption and the inhuman way, that these women are treated. most of them have had difficult lives from childhood and taken wrong turns and despite the fact that many of them want to be rehabilitated, housed, and employed is it seems they are not given the chance from reading this.

Honest, a lot of work gone into writing this book.

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