Shackled to her bed against the pleas of medical staff, Charli Zhao gives birth to a beautiful daughter named Willow. Charli had been transported to the hospital from prison, where she is serving time for a crime she didn’t commit. Within hours of the birth the unthinkable happens: the newborn is abducted, leaving Charli devastated and wondering if she’ll ever find her child, even after she gets free.
“A compelling mystery/thriller with a social conscience.”
— New York Times Bestselling Author
Robert Dugoni
Hello Reader! Thanks for considering donating to the Unshackled Fund. It turns out that it’s taking longer than expected to establish the nonprofit, so if you want to help women like those in Unshackled, please donate to one of the organizations linked below. If you sign up for my newsletter, I’ll keep you posted on the status of the Unshackled Fund. Lots to do!
The If Project is a collaboration of currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, community partners, and law enforcement working to reduce incarceration and recidivism. My friend, retired detective Kim Bogucki, is the co-founder- check her out on the website.
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound provides a rigorous post-secondary education to women in prison here in Washington State. I’ve served on their board for many years.
Project Liberation provides a paradigm-shifting personal development platform for women across all stages of criminal legal involvement, while simultaneously using national advocacy and engagement to raise awareness and political will around the issues and needs that specifically face and affect demographically and culturally diverse women. Ivy Woolf Turk is an inspiration to all!