[1] Parra met her husband Harry Martin, a fellow patient, at Carville and they were married in New Orleans after they escaped through a hole in the hospital's fence.
[10] Parra began writing a book with Evelyn Wells editing her draft, though the two women never met in person, communicating solely through correspondence.
[12]Edith Sitwell suggested to John Lehmann that he publish the book in England and recommended it to Graham Greene, when he was writing the novel A Burnt-Out Case.
Reviewing the book for the Los Angeles Evening Citizen News, Walter L. Scratch described her treatment after her release as "an indictment of the American people".
[19] Parra's identity as Betty Martin was kept secret when she died in 2002, with her family omitting any mention of Carville from her funeral service.