Summary of Orange Is the New Black / Instaread, Inc (ePub)

Summary of Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman | Includes Analysis

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Chapter 1

In 1993, twenty-four year old Piper Kerman was at the

Brussels airport, waiting for her suitcase after arriving

from Chicago via Paris. She was dressed like a

fashionable businesswoman, but was nervous

because $10,000 that belonged to a West African

drug lord was hidden in her suitcase. It arrived on a

later flight. She dashed out of the airport, accidentally

skipping a stop in Customs.

Kerman had graduated from Smith College. Though

she came from a Boston family of high achievers,

doctors and lawyers, she majored in theater. Most of

her friends got real jobs. She had no plan, though,

and ended up waitressing in Northampton. She hung

out with a crowd of similarly situated young people,

having affairs with lovers of both sexes, dressing

in black, and getting tattoos.

During this time, Piper began an affair with a lesbian

neighbor, Nora Jansen. Nora was a drug smuggler,

transporting cash and heroin for a West African drug

lord named Alaji. He also happened to be her sister,

Hester's, boyfriend. One day, Nora came home with a

suitcase full of cash and a new Mazda Miata

convertible. Piper enjoyed the perks of Nora's

lifestyle, but the drug activity made her nervous.

When a friend decided to move to San Francisco,

Piper saw it as a way out of her relationship with

Nora. However, Nora suggested they move in

together there. Not only did Piper stay with Nora, she

used Nora's cover story to explain the move to her

family. Nora's story was that she and a friend, Jack,

were starting a magazine, so Piper told her family she

would be working for the magazine in San

Francisco...

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