 When I talked with her, she told me that she thinks her memoir is important not because of her individual story, but because the book might give us a greater awareness about the country's prisons. You know, I think to some degree it's not like my experiences in particular that are important for other people. At least it might be to some degree. I think memoir can be cathartic for the people that write it, although I wrote mine in the middle of pandemic. So it just felt dark and depressing.