That bird has my wings
Subtitle: the autobiography of an innocent man on death row
By: Jarvis Jay Masters.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780061730450
Subjects: Masters, Jarvis Jay, -- 1962-; Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography; Prisoners -- United States -- Biography; Buddhists -- United States -- Biography; African American authors; African American prisoners -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: 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.