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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Alex Mars bold yet sensitive account of one of Americas youngest death row inmatesand the people whose lives she forever changedis intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable. Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley RoadAn absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness. This is a book of awesome scope, and it deserves to be read with attention. Hilary Mantel, Booker Prizewinning author of the Wolf Hall trilogyA masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girls shocking crimeand its extraordinary aftermathOn a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old girl kills an elderly woman in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tensions and white flight, the girl, Paula Cooper, is Black, and her victim, Ruth Pelke, is white and a beloved Bible teacher. The press swoops in.When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victims grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life. This tragedy in a midwestern steel town soon reverberates across the United States and around the worldreaching as far away as the Vaticanas newspapers cover the story on their front pages and millions sign petitions in support of Paula.As Paula waits on death row, her fate sparks a debate that not only animates legal circles but raises vital questions about the value of human life: What are we demanding when we call for justice? Is forgiveness an act of desperation or of profound bravery? As Bill and Paulas friendship deepens, and as Bill discovers others who have chosen to forgive after terrible violence, their story asks us to consider what radical acts of empathy we might be capable of.In Seventy Times Seven, Alex Mar weaves an unforgettable narrative of an act of violence and its aftermath. This is a story about the will to liveto survive, to grow, to changeand about what we are willing to accept as justice. Tirelessly researched and told with intimacy and precision, this book brings a haunting chapter in the history of our criminal justice system to astonishing life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780525522157