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An incredibly heartfelt and personal account of a young black man in the south growing up in the immediate aftermath of the civil rights movement. Mr. Bailey provides intimate details about his own and the lives of his family members in exploring how persistent racism and the injustices of the civil justice system affected not only the lives of him and his family, but the lives of so many black families. By comparing the story of his oldest brother, Moochie, convicted of murder in 1982 and the stories of his youngest brothers being caught up in the drug trade to the stories of himself and the other members of his family who beat those odds, Mr. Bailey explores factors that may have contributed to their very different fates. He also writes about the struggles of overcoming his stutter to become an accomplished journalist, and how, at times, he felt as though his stutter was imprisoning him in his own mind. The detail in which he writes and the vulnerability he shows makes his stories come alive on the pages, which didn't stop turning until I was finished with the book.
The thing I liked most about the book is that not only does it provide an informative and intimate first hand account into how the criminal justice system affects the lives of all those involved, but the way he uses race and the criminal justice system as a vehicle to explore broader themes such as the duality of man, nature vs. nurture, forgiveness, empathy, and more. Really a must-read in 2018.
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