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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

21 Wednesday Jan 2015

Posted by Weston Public Library Staff in Biography, Non-fiction

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Alabama, criminal justice, discrimination, lawyers, social reformers

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This book is a powerful discussion of our justice system.

How is it possible that a fourteen year old can end up on death row?  Stevenson, as the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama and professor of law at the New York University Law School has won relief for scores of condemned and innocent prisoners.  He has fought to abolish the death penalty as well as life sentences without parole for juveniles.  He has also championed the rights of those inmates who are mentally ill or mentally handicapped.

This book has been selected for discussion by the League of Women Voters of Weston as mentioned in their bulletin of December 2014.

“A distinguished NYU law professor and MacArthur grant recipient offers the compelling story of the legal practice he founded to protect the rights of people on the margins of American society. . . . Emotionally profound, necessary reading.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review, Kirkus Prize Finalist)
 
“A passionate account of the ways our nation thwarts justice and inhumanely punishes the poor and disadvantaged.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Not since Atticus Finch has a fearless and committed lawyer made such a difference in the American South. Though larger than life, Atticus exists only in fiction. Bryan Stevenson, however, is very much alive and doing God’s work fighting for the poor, the oppressed, the voiceless, the vulnerable, the outcast, and those with no hope. Just Mercy is his inspiring and powerful story.”—John Grisham
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In the Woods by Tana French

15 Thursday Jan 2015

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detectives, Dublin, Ireland, murder investigation, mystery

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This is a gripping, beautifully written mystery set in Ireland. The narrator, a detective who was part of an unsolved case as a child, is confronted with his past when another crime takes place in his hometown decades later. I was intrigued to learn that this is the first in a series of loosely linked books, all part of the “Dublin Murder Squad,” and I look forward to reading the next one.

“Tana French’s In the Woods is tangled, dark, and impossible to put down. With a story like a freight train and characters so vivid that I found myself wondering what they were doing while I wasn’t reading it, it’s one of the best books I’ve read this year. In fact, it’s so good that I wish I’d written it – it’s absolutely brilliant.” — Kelly Braffet, author of LAST SEEN LEAVING and JOSIE AND JACK

“With her utterly beautiful and brilliantly evocative prose, Tana French invites us into a murky netherworld so seductive and engrossing that we can’t turn away, even when we try. Ms. French is an extraordinary writer and IN THE WOODS is a stellar debut. “– Lisa Unger, author of the New York Times bestseller BEAUTIFUL LIES and SLIVER OF TRUTH –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour by Lynne Olson

08 Thursday Jan 2015

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alliances, diplomatic history, military leadership, US-Great Britian foreign relations, World War II

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Lynne Olson focuses on three extraordinary Americans who were in London from 1939-1945, Edward R. Morrow, the broadcast journalist, John Gilbert Winant, the American ambassador to Great Britain, and Averell Harriman, a confidante of both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Their relationships with each other and others, including Pamela Churchill, the prime minister’s daughter-in-law and Tommy Hitchcock, a wealthy bon-vivant who flew fighter planes, changed the course of history. The author brings war-torn London alive in a fascinating way! This book was a great hit with Weston’s new Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group.

“Ingenious history . . . All three men were colorful, larger-than-life figures, and Olson’s absorbing narrative does them justice.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)\

“An engaging history . . . a vibrant city fueled by courage and resolve.”—The Christian Science Monitor

“[A] cracking good read.”—New York Post

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