Incarcerated Desires

About the Book

In 2011, Virginia S. Carpenter graduated from Solano Community College in Fairfield, California, by receiving two associate of arts degrees in the fields of human services and interdisciplinary studies. For her graduating class, she was one of the two selected to be valedictorian of her graduating glass. Although she was never chosen, the gratitude she experienced will never go unnoticed for years to come. In 2003, Virginia’s writing career began in Contra Costa County Jail while being confined in a single cell all by herself. Confused by her own grief, pain, and suffering, she began to search her soul, realizing the road she was traveling on would eventually lead to a solitary grave. One day, as she lay upon her bunk, isolated from the world, she began to pray for a transformation in her personal life. As she meditated, a voice within told her to “write what I tell you and don’t stop.” To her surprise, she didn’t know the first thing about writing, much less writing a book. Therefore, Virginia really thought she was losing her mind. Chuckling within, she did what she was instructed, and from that point on, with many sleepless nights, her writing career began. Virginia’s first book, Secrets of the Inner Heart, was based on her own spiritual battle with her God. She continued to search for some kind of peace and serenity from her carnality she encountered on a daily basis. In contrast to her first works, Incarcerated Desires entails a more in-depth, down-to-earth experience of carnality such as passionate love, sensual desires, prison life, homelessness, and street encounters that she struggled with on a daily basis. May all readers find inspirational satisfaction and lessons to be learned and experience life behind the walls of a prison cell. Some of Virginia’s works are not meant to be read by younger generations.

About the Author

Virginia was born in California with 5 brothers; with her being the youngest. She later conceived 2 children which gave her 2 beautiful grandchildren. Although, Virginia regretfully has not always been a part of her family’s lives. She has since been reunited by working toward building a relationship with each one of them once again. Presently, she enjoys living close to the Bay area of San Francisco. Granted, Virginia wishes her biography could be colorfully a perfect painted picture but, this has not always been the case in her situation. From the moment she came into this world she fought with every ounce of energy to survive. For 43 years of her life she encountered many intolerable circumstances which daily hindered her to becoming a successful woman in society. Some of these hindrances were years of emotional trauma, extreme poverty, homelessness, and incarceration. Virginia, realizing after 17 years of being homeless in Richmond, California, with prison being her second home; the blame game of who, what, and where must cease. With much contemplation, she made up her mind by saying, “Enough is enough, if I wait for someone else to save me then I will surely be waiting a very long time yet, that day may never arrive”. In 2003, while being incarcerated, Virginia begun to search her soul for new direction for her life. In the midst of quiet isolation, she began meditating while lying upon her bunk. Then to her amazement, she heard a small faint voice telling her to, “Write what I tell you because you are going to reach the world”. Then she began to chuckle within because she didn’t know the first thing about writing, much less writing a book, and reaching the world. Questioning her own mental abilities she said to her-self, “How am I going to reach the world when I can’t even leave this cell, or move from the ten block radius in Richmond, California For years, she never told anyone about her experience because she didn’t want anyone to think she was crazily going out of her mind. However, it was in these in moments of isolation and solitude confinement “Secrets of the Inner Heart” and “Incarcerated Desires” were penned. What Virginia thought to be a curse in her past was a stepping stone to her future.