The Sun Does Shine : How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

from Sheila1957

Wow! This is a book everyone needs to read. Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of two murders which he did not do and sentenced to Death Row in Alabama. He tells of his fight to clear his name and regain his freedom as well as the men he met on Death Row. This book made me think about the death pen...

from Beamis12

I am not sure where to put my feelings after finishing this book. I am appalled, angry, sad but also filled with admiration for this inncent man on death row for over thirty years, who managed to retain hope and love. Not that he never got angry, he did, but he still hung on, didn't give up. He h...

from debbiesbooknook

My Takeaway "I was born with the same gift from God we are all born with - the impulse to reach out and lessen the suffering of another human being. It was a gift, and we each had a choice whether to use this gift or not." Anthony Ray Hinton, The Sun Does Shine Wow. The Sun Does Shine generated s...

from angiestahl

It's very hard to process this systemic level of injustice and unfairness in modern US society. This book is powerful because it puts a human face to what, tragically, may be happening in ways big and small more commonly than we realize. This is one man's personal telling of having been wrongfull...

from cookinggirl1

I liked the fact it was so easy or order and receive what I orded.