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My time will come : a memoir of crime, punishment, hope, and redemption / Ian Manuel ; foreword by Bryan Stevenson.

Manuel, Ian, (author.). Stevenson, Bryan, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:
"The wrenching, and inspiring, story of a fourteen-year-old sentenced to life in prison, of the extraordinary relationship that developed between him and the woman he shot, and of his release after twenty-six years of imprisonment through the efforts of America's greatest contemporary legal activist, Bryan Stevenson. Here is the story of a poor black kid from the toughest neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, who at age eleven began "jacking" (stealing) cars with his friends. At age thirteen he shot a white woman in the jaw during a botched mugging. For that crime, and because of his earlier record as a juvenile delinquent, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole--essentially a death sentence. Forgotten by society, tortured by prison guards, held in solitary confinement for eighteen years, he was nonetheless able to accomplish a near-miraculous release from the unimaginable hell of the U.S. correctional system. Unable to afford legal help, through his own determination and strategic thinking, some serendipity, and the all-important help of complete strangers, including Bryan Stevenson and, perhaps most extraordinarily, the woman he shot, he was able eventually to gain his freedom. Full of unexpected twists and turns, the narrative is at times harrowing, disturbing, and painful, but, ultimately it is astoundingly evocative of the power of human will"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1524748528
  • ISBN: 9781524748524
  • Physical Description: xiii, 201 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-201).
Subject: African American prisoners > Biography.
African American criminals > Rehabilitation > Biography.
African American juvenile delinquents > Biography.
Restorative justice > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Discrimination in juvenile justice administration > United States.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biography.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 92 MANUEL (Text) 50686015735041 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 365 MAN (Text) 37268003104825 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 365.6092 MAN (Text) 33240004880897 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Highland Community Library B MAN (Text) 35610000977087 HGHM Biography Available -
Martin Library Adults Manuel Biography (Text) 33454005811278 2nd Floor Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 92 MAN MAN 2021 (Text) 31001101818491 Adult Biography Available -
Parkland Community Library B MANUEL MAN (Text) 34422007218452 Adult Biography Available -
RPL - Southeast Branch Library 365.6 Man (Text) 33223008866419 Non-fiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Bio Manuel, I (Text) 33223008688227 Biography Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 365.609 (Text) 33062009502650 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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