"Oh my word, this is quite simply an eye-opening must-read. "
Oh my word, this is quite simply an eye-opening must-read. Erwin James is a journalist and author, he is also a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and patron of a number of offender rehabilitation schemes. He writes about his life, about the years of abuse and neglect and misguided love that led to him committing crime from the age of 11 through to 28 when convicted of two murders.
He also writes about his years in prison, of the people who encouraged him to look back, to repent, and to understand his potential to learn how to travel a different path. Erwin James writes with huge compassion and empathy, he is blunt but not graphic, honest but not seeking sympathy. This is a man who understands what he has done, understands the prison system, and truly believes that “rehabilitation is the best way to protect the public”.
‘Redeemable’ is a hugely important book, it made me flinch and wonder at the capacity and capabilities of the human mind, it made me despair, it also made me hope, oh how it made me hope.
Liz visited the Chiddingstone Castle Literary Fesitval where Erwin James gave a talk. To read more about the festival, head over to her Blog Post.
Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His teenage and early adult years were spent drifting, and his petty crime turned increasingly violent, culminating in the terrible events for which he was jailed for life in 1984.
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Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten.
Redeemable features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Recommendations
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Redeemable was written by Erwin James and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Redeemable has 343 pages
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