Donna Brunos worships her husband and is devasted when he is jailed for eighteen years on a charge of armed robbery Georgio swears he's been set up and, terrified he won't survive the rigours of Parkhurst, persuades Donna to help him escape Implementing the daring plan takes Donna into a twilight world she never believed existed - a world of brutal sex and casual violence Finally, she is confronted by a series of shattering revelations that threaten not only everything she believes in but also, ultimately, her own life