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Among Murderers: Life after Prison
Sabine Heinlein
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Description for Among Murderers: Life after Prison
Hardback. What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? This title offers a view into a rarely seen social setting and into hearts and minds of three individuals who struggle with some of life's harshest challenges. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466. Life After Prison. 256 pages. What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? This title offers a view into a rarely seen social setting and into hearts and minds of three individuals who struggle with some of life's harshest challenges. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKVQ1. Dimension: 216 x 164 x 24. Weight: 466.
What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? To answer these questions Sabine Heinlein followed the everyday lives and emotional struggles of Angel Ramos and his friends Bruce and Adam - three men convicted of some of society's most heinous crimes - as they return to the free world. Heinlein spent more than two years at the Castle, a prominent halfway house in West Harlem, shadowing her protagonists as they painstakingly learn how to ... Read more
What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? To answer these questions Sabine Heinlein followed the everyday lives and emotional struggles of Angel Ramos and his friends Bruce and Adam - three men convicted of some of society's most heinous crimes - as they return to the free world. Heinlein spent more than two years at the Castle, a prominent halfway house in West Harlem, shadowing her protagonists as they painstakingly learn how to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
466g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520272859
SKU
V9780520272859
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About Sabine Heinlein
Sabine Heinlein's writing has appeared in the Iowa Review, The Brooklyn Rail, City Limits, Tablet Magazine, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and other publications.
Reviews for Among Murderers: Life after Prison
"A deeply compassionate book that poses urgent questions about the end product of imprisonment and the social thirst for vengeance." Kirkus Reviews "Notably free of policy jargon, Sabine's work is about real people and the stories they have to tell."
Theodore Hamm Brooklyn Rail "It will set readers thinking and possibly wanting to do more research on the subject." ... Read more
Theodore Hamm Brooklyn Rail "It will set readers thinking and possibly wanting to do more research on the subject." ... Read more