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That bird has my wings : the autobiography of an innocent man on death row / Jarvis Jay Masters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : HarperOne, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 281 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061730450
  • 0061730459
  • 9780061730481
  • 0061730483
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Contents:
First memories -- Rescue -- A taste of normal -- Friends and fights -- Family -- A rude awakening -- My heart is broken -- Escape from abuse -- McLaren Hall -- Boys town -- Off the road and on -- Becoming a man -- Coming unleashed -- Home to memories -- Taking on the world together -- The California Youth Authority -- My mother's dream -- Wake-up call -- My own worst enemy -- Down, up, and over -- Out of control -- Robbin' Hood -- San Quentin -- Pitbull -- A mirror into anger -- Another June -- Freedom ride -- Wings.
Summary: Jarvis Jay Masters has taken an extraordinary journey of faith. Strangely enough, his moment of enlightenment came behind the bars of San Quentin's death row. Here, inmate author Masters takes us from the arms of his heroin-addicted mother to an abusive foster home, on his escape to the illusory freedom of the streets and through lonely nights spent in bus stations and juvenile homes, and finally to life inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. He chronicles the story of a bright boy who turns to a life of crime, and of a penitent man who embraces Buddhism to find hope. His personal story dramatically reminds us all that freedom and opportunity are not to be taken for granted, and that no matter what their neighborhood, no matter what their race, every child matters.--From publisher description.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

That Bird Has My Wings is the astounding memoir of death row inmate Jarvis Masters and a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and the talent of a fine writer. Offering scenes from his life that are at times poignant, revelatory, frightening, soul-stirring, painful, funny, and uplifting, That Bird Has My Wings tells the story of the author's childhood with parents addicted to heroin, an abusive foster family, a life of crime and imprisonment, and the eventual embracing of Buddhism.

Jarvis Jay Masters has taken an extraordinary journey of faith. Strangely enough, his moment of enlightenment came behind the bars of San Quentin's death row. Here, inmate author Masters takes us from the arms of his heroin-addicted mother to an abusive foster home, on his escape to the illusory freedom of the streets and through lonely nights spent in bus stations and juvenile homes, and finally to life inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison. He chronicles the story of a bright boy who turns to a life of crime, and of a penitent man who embraces Buddhism to find hope. His personal story dramatically reminds us all that freedom and opportunity are not to be taken for granted, and that no matter what their neighborhood, no matter what their race, every child matters.--From publisher description.

First memories -- Rescue -- A taste of normal -- Friends and fights -- Family -- A rude awakening -- My heart is broken -- Escape from abuse -- McLaren Hall -- Boys town -- Off the road and on -- Becoming a man -- Coming unleashed -- Home to memories -- Taking on the world together -- The California Youth Authority -- My mother's dream -- Wake-up call -- My own worst enemy -- Down, up, and over -- Out of control -- Robbin' Hood -- San Quentin -- Pitbull -- A mirror into anger -- Another June -- Freedom ride -- Wings.

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