"When I Got Out is a great read: the perfect sequel to What It Was Like. Laurence Allan Ingber, a teenager when he entered prison for a double homicide, is finally out after 40 years - older, wiser in the ways of surviving prison, but totally clueless about living in today's world. His Rip Van Winkle-like perspective provides rich, eye-opening insight on how much has changed - as well as on those things that never will. Larry's simple desire for a quiet life of anonymity is thwarted by his parole officer determined to lock him up again, the dark shadow of his notorious past, and a crooked lawyer who stole his inheritance he needs to survive. I followed Larry's increasingly desperate - and dangerous efforts - to get what's rightfully his with mounting anxiety as it forced him to risk his freedom, his life, and even his new-found love, the one person who gives Larry's life as a free man any value or meaning."

– Stan Chervin, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter

When I Got Out is an intriguing gem that offers a unique turn on narrative voice and unsettling personal discovery. Peter Seth writes with calm authority, masterful unpredictably, and carefully crafted internal reflection. Delving into this exploration of then and now — where forty lost years have changed all the rules of engagement — is to be swept into a tale of moral reflection, irony, betrayal, and impossible choices.

– Ken Goldstein, bestselling author of This Is Rage and From Nothing