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LOVE PRISON MADE & UNMADE: My Story – A Powerful Memoir on Relationships, Hope, and Forgiveness - Softcover

Roberts, Ebony

 
9780062876652: LOVE PRISON MADE & UNMADE: My Story – A Powerful Memoir on Relationships, Hope, and Forgiveness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0062876651 ISBN 13: 9780062876652
Verlag: Amistad, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

A Notable Memoir by the New York Times

Medium’s Books to Help You Transition Into 2020

With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, a remarkable memoir of a woman who falls in love with an incarcerated man—a poignant story of hope and disappointment that lays bare the toll prison takes not only on those behind bars, but on their families and relationships.

Ebony’s parents were high school sweethearts and married young. By the time Ebony was born, the marriage was disintegrating. As a little girl she witnessed her parents’ brutal verbal and physical fights, fueled by her father’s alcoholism. Then her father tried to kill her mother.

Those experiences drastically affected the way Ebony viewed love and set the pattern for her future romantic relationships. Despite being an educated and strong-minded woman determined not to repeat the mistakes of her parents—she would have a fairytale love—Ebony found herself drawn to bad-boys: men who cheated; men who verbally abused her; men who disappointed her. Fed up, she swore to wait for the partner God chose for her.

Then she met Shaka Senghor. Though she felt an intense spiritual connection, Ebony struggled with the idea that this man behind bars for murder could be the good love God had for her. Through letters and visits, she and Shaka fell deeply in love.

Once Shaka came home, Ebony thought the worst was behind them. But Shaka’s release was the beginning of the end.

The Love Prison Made and Unmade is heartfelt. It reveals powerful lessons about love, sacrifice, courage, and forgiveness; of living your highest principles and learning not to judge someone by their worst acts. Ultimately, it is a stark reminder of the emotional cost of American justice on human lives—the partners, wives, children, and friends—beyond the prison walls.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A former school administrator, Ebony Roberts is a writer, educator, activist, and researcher. She has taught at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. She recently served as program director for #BeyondPrisons, an organization designed to uplift the voices of those impacted by the criminal justice system. She received her BA in Social Relations and Psychology, and a Ph.D in Educational Psychology from Michigan State University.

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Verlag
Amistad
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0062876651
ISBN 13 
9780062876652
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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