For the first time not in a solitary cell, Anick shares her daily life in the women's prison with countless prostitutes, thieves, and lice-infested illiterates through writing. Maria stands out; she meticulously plans the escape with her and continuously lifts her spirits. While she smokes cigarette after cigarette in exchange for clothes, she has the mantra of her equally imprisoned husband in her ear: "We are alone, my darling. All alone." Albertine Sarrazin, the female outlaw, presents us with a panorama of "escape" in the new translation by Claudia Steinitz, making us realize that this is about our own humanity: true, pure, and unique, the cult continues!.