{"product_id":"9781039007147","title":"Invisible Prisons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 BMO WINTERSET AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE • One of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBest Books of 2024 • One of CBC’s Best Canadian Non-Fiction Books of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse and solitary confinement at a reform school in Newfoundland, but survived through grit and redemptive love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpringing from a unique, empathetic collaboration between novelist Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Prisons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the gripping real-life story of a Newfoundland-born man now in his sixties, who as a child was held for years at a govern­ment-run reform school for boys where he suffered abuse, deprivation, and months-long bouts of solitary confinement. Despite the odds stacked against him, after his release Jack found love and painstakingly turned his life around, becoming a devoted husband and father. And years later, when his teenaged daughter Brittany discovered what her father had endured, she vowed to become a law­yer and seek justice for him. Today, that is exactly what Brittany is doing, and Jack’s case is before the courts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs much as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Prisons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a story about cruelty and neglect endured by our most vulnerable, it is also a tender tale of love be­tween Jack and his wife Glennis, who saw the good inside a damaged person. Written in precise, evocative prose by the magnificent novelist Lisa Moore, who makes vividly real every person, place, and moment in Jack’s journey—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvisible Prisons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an inspiring story for all those whose lives are scarred by injustice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lisa Moore (CA), Jack Whalen (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Knopf | Paperback | 2026-02-17","offer_id":46914716598527,"sku":"9781039007147","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9781039007147.jpg?v=1771352893","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781039007147","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}