Why would a woman choose to date a man behind bars? R. Satiafa explores this phenomena in her thrilling novel, LOVE LOCKED DOWN. With the shortage of available men, can women successfully cross the barbed wire fence and find Mr. Right?
LOVE LOCKED DOWN is a thought-provoking look at the number of women who have chosen to pursue relationships with men behind bars. It is a fact based docu-novel that contains the stories of several women from all races and walks of life - from a cafeteria worker to a Big Tobacco Executive - all who have crossed the barbed wire fence in search of Mr. Right.
This premiere novel stems from interviews conducted with 22 women who are grappling with the struggles of maintaining relationships with incarcerated men - lovers, husbands, fathers, sons. The novel is several stories wrapped up into one that will take you through the twists and turns of a woman's passion when love is locked away. The book openly discusses the perils of punitive incarceration and its effect on society as well as suggests a profile of women who seek these relationships.
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The story is told through the voice of Regina Jackson, a museum curator for a fine arts foundation in Washington, DC. She answers a random phone call from a prison inmate one night (Rayboy) that turns into a sordid sexy love affair via the telephone. Excited, embarrassed and afraid, Regina is thrust into a world of secrecy and intrigue as she meets other women who have chosen the same path of loving a man on the inside. As the relationship escalates, Regina is pulled into a world of powerful and dangerous men who live by their own rules, and the unscrupulous women willing to play the game. Through all of this, Regina maintains a relationship with a respectable art dealer - a good man. But later, the lines between 'good guys' and 'bad guys' get blurred. Millionaire art dealers and hard-core prison playas
are becoming one in the same. Fantasy becomes reality, and Regina soon discovers that worse than losing her heart to the wrong man, she may lose her life!
LOVE LOCKED DOWN is the first of a trilogy that will hopefully raise our consciousness of the cradle to prison pipeline that is destroying communities all over the country. Look for the sequel Summer 2010!