Summary Of From The Big House To Your House

In today’s society most people look down on the prison culture. They view prison as a place filled with corruption, drugs, sex, and pop culture likes to follow this trend. As a result, people were unable to see the good that can come out from prison culture and how not everyone is as horrific as they at times can be be portrayed. In the book From the Big House to Your House, readers are able to dive into the minds of six women who all found happiness through cultivating food. These women created this book as a way to find freedom in their lives as each one of these six women will be serving an excess of 50 years in the Texas prison system. They created this book with the hope to ignite people’s taste buds and to help out others with some comfort food even when their budget may be lacking. …show more content…
It really opens the eyes for readers alike and gives insight on the harsh reality of what women truly encapasulates. Without these facts, the title of the book would not make much sense. As the term “big house,” is a slang term for prison and it is clear that these women wanted to share the facts that are often times not shared with the demographic who read cookbooks. The tone of this book featured two varying sides, but the grimness of the prison facts seems to be what resonated with the readers more than the recipes. Another interesting dynamic of this cookbook was the bolded interjection words like “Yum!” And “Delicious!” These words serve as a form of comic relief giving the reader a quick laugh and tells the reader just how they should feel when they are enjoying their meal. Furthermore, these interjections demonstrated just how enthusiasm these women had when creating and showcasing their recipes around the