Product Description(Amazon)
From the author of "A Gathering of Old Men" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting.
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0780752880
ISBN-13: 978-0780752887
MY THOUGHTS: This is my book clubs choice for December. I was a little skeptical about this book. I didn't think I would like it, but once I started reading it, I got hooked and couldn't put it down. The teacher is asked to talk to prisoner awaiting death. The prisoner's grandmother asks him to make him take this like a man, to stand like a man. But the teacher has no idea how to do this. So he starts taking to him.....trying to get him to talk back...the teacher buys the prisoner a radio to listen to....the teacher also gets the prisoner a notebook and pencil for him to write his feelings down. The prisoner starts talking to the teacher......they come to an understanding. This book is very moving, I really enjoyed reading it. I give this book 5.....
This book is for 1 of my book challenges.....
Outdo Yourself Challenge
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