She visualised the unwelcome turn her life was about to take.Īfter graduating from college in 1992, Kerman had hung out with a hard-partying, alpha crowd, including her older girlfriend, Nora, who was a bit player in a drug cartel. She also read prison memoirs, noting that there were few written by women. It included her Amazon wish list and the visiting hours. By night, she'd sit at her home computer and create The Pipebomb – a website designed to prepare family and friends for her impending jail sentence, as well as provide updates – via her husband – once she was inside. By day she was working in TV, producing a documentary about an American football team. For someone whose youthful impulsivity was about to land her in jail, Piper Kerman was a meticulously prepared woman.
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