Catherine Cleary Wolters - the inspiration for Alex Vause from the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black - tells her true story, offering details and insights that fill in the blanks. An insightful, frustrating, and uplifting analysis of crime and punishment in our times, Out of Orange chronicles Wolter's time in the drug trade, her incarceration, her friendships with odd cellmates, her two marriages, and her complicated relationship with Piper. Wolters also reflects on her life and the person she is today. Filled with colorful characters, fascinating tales, sobering lessons, and hard-earned wisdom, Out of Orange is sure to be provocative, entertaining, and inspiring.

With her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the rebellious young woman who got mixed up with drug runners and delivered a suitcase of drug money to Europe over a decade ago. But when she least expects it, her reckless past catches up with her; convicted and sentenced to 15 months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut. From her first strip search to her final release, she learns to navigate this strange world with its arbitrary rules and codes, its unpredictable, even dangerous relationships. Now a major original television series, Piper's story is a fascinating, heartbreaking and often hilarious insight into life on the inside.