In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir - Couverture rigide

White, Neil

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ISBN 10 : 0061351601 ISBN 13 : 9780061351600

Editeur : William Morrow, 2009

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“A surprisingly gentle, sometimes hilarious memoir.” (USA Today)

“A moving story of growth and transformation. Among the lost, [White] found humility, beauty, courage—and himself. ” (Dallas Morning News)

“Vibrant and readable.” (Harper's Magazine)

“A remarkable story of a young man’s loss of everything he deemed important, his imprisonment in a place that would terrify anyone, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be taught by society’s most dreaded outcasts.” (John Grisham)

“A wonderfully bizarre and entertaining memoir of jailhouse redemption—by turns hilarious, astonishing, and, when all is said and done, deeply moving.” (John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)

“Neil White in his luminous memoir IN THE SANCTUARY OF OUTCASTS explicates his own path to redemption. White brings to life a wacky bunch of characters who help him remember what is best about himself. His story is unique and deeply felt: I enjoyed this book immensely!” (Darcey Steinke author of Easter Everywhere and Milk)

“[Neil White] offers a memoir of personal transformation and a thoroughly engaging look at the social, economic, racial, and other barriers that separate individuals that harden, dissolve, and reconfigure themselves when people are involuntarily thrust together over long periods.” (Booklist (starred review))

“Brisk, ironic and perceptive, White’s introspective memoir puts a magnifying glass to a flawed life, revealing that all of life is to be savored and respected.” (Publishers Weekly)

“White’s memoir continues to surprise as it presents a witty, well-rendered narrative of redemption and enlightenment. Readers who enjoy clever, off-beat memoirs will devour this in one sitting.” (Library Journal)

“An impressively detailed and unsentimental memoir...funny and straightforward.” (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Quatrième de couverture :

Daddy is going to camp. That's what I told my children. A child psychologist suggested it. “Words like prison and jail conjure up dangerous images for children,” she explained. But it wasn't camp . . .

Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the best for those he loved—nice cars, beautiful homes, luxurious clothes. He loaned money to family and friends, gave generously to his church, and invested in his community—but his bank account couldn't keep up. Soon White began moving money from one account to another to avoid bouncing checks. His world fell apart when the FBI discovered his scheme and a judge sentenced him to serve eighteen months in a federal prison.

But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last people in the continental United States disfigured by leprosy. Hidden away for decades, this small circle of outcasts had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. It is here, in a place rich with history, where the Mississippi River briefly runs north, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy patients, nuns, and criminals, that White's strange and compelling journey begins. He finds a new best friend in Ella Bounds, an eighty-year-old African American double amputee who had contracted leprosy as a child. She and the other secret people, along with a wacky troop of inmates, help White rediscover the value of simplicity, friendship, and gratitude.

Funny and poignant, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is an uplifting memoir that reminds us all what matters most.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061351601
• ISBN 13: 9780061351600
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 336