The very first glimpse of Dorothy Rawlins is not flattering to the woman. She reads as hard, cold, uncompromising. She's in jail for murdering her husband, and, by all appearances, is perfectly at peace with her crime. This is a cold-blooded viper.
Yet, as we read on, we learn that Dorothy - AKA "Dolly" - has done good, kind, humble things while imprisoned. She mourns her childlessness. She advocates for and helps establish a mother-and-child wing so imprisoned moms don't have to be immediately separated from their babies. She is a good listener. Is she so calculating to have done all this with ulterior motives, or is there more here than meets the eye?
Still further on, there's vulnerability, there's compassion, there's regret. Who is Dolly Rawlins? Why did she shoot her husband? In particular, Dolly's last words to the governor strike me as being poignant. That protectiveness of others - did that have something to do with her crime?
I can't wait to read the rest of "She's Out" and get the whole truth!
Yet, as we read on, we learn that Dorothy - AKA "Dolly" - has done good, kind, humble things while imprisoned. She mourns her childlessness. She advocates for and helps establish a mother-and-child wing so imprisoned moms don't have to be immediately separated from their babies. She is a good listener. Is she so calculating to have done all this with ulterior motives, or is there more here than meets the eye?
Still further on, there's vulnerability, there's compassion, there's regret. Who is Dolly Rawlins? Why did she shoot her husband? In particular, Dolly's last words to the governor strike me as being poignant. That protectiveness of others - did that have something to do with her crime?
I can't wait to read the rest of "She's Out" and get the whole truth!