Convicted: A True Story by Jody Babydol Gibson (2015-01-01)

It’s been a long time since I read I book I could not put down that stayed in my mind throughout my normal chores until I could find the time to continue to the next chapter.Convicted literally made me feel the emotional journey of Jody Gibson in such a real way that for the first time i realized what these women have to endure while behind bars. It opened my eyes to what it takes for a woman to survive in such an obscure environment. A place we all so quickly judge and most of the time instead find it easier to dismiss from our minds.Jody Gibson reminds us that these women are still human beings worthy of better treatment. She brings forth how powerful the spirit can be for our own survival.Convicted is nothing short of riveting.Janet Morris

We may have seen the headlines or heard the stories about Jody Babydol Gibson, but now with CONVICTED we are able to hear the whole story from the woman behind the headlines and the rumors.This book takes you into the real Jody Gibson, a woman who had aspirations in life that led her down a road that was not her goal but gave her a lifestyle many that dreamed about. You also get to see what it was like for her to be stripped of it all and placed behind bars, dealing with the realness of being a prisoner, but not allowing it to capture her mind.What we see is that the way Jody was able to survive and thrive is that she didn't allow what was being said about her or done to her to define her. She had to remember who she was, and in doing so she was able to emerge stronger and better equipped for the challenges of life.One of the poignant moments that happened while in prison that foreshadowed the bestselling author that she would become was when she was asked to tell the inmates "a story". With that request we are able to see her ability to recount her the adventures of her life, and now we as readers can benefit forom that.Definitely a book that is about rebuilding after all seems broken, CONVICTED allows us to see that we can survive as long as we don't give up on life and ourselves.