{"product_id":"dead-man-walking-helen-prejean-9780679751311","title":"Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment and an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\"Stunning moral clarity.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003cb\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBasis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eSister Prejean is an excellent writer, direct and honest and unsentimental. . . . She almost palpably extends a hand to her readers.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana's Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier's death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. She also came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to execute--men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment. Here Sister Helen confronts both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved, the fears of a society shattered by violence and the Christian imperative of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn its original publication in 1993, \u003ci\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c\/i\u003e emerged as an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty. Now, some two decades later, this story--which has inspired a film, a stage play, an opera and a musical album--is more gut-wrenching than ever, stirring deep and life-changing reflection in all who encounter it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Prejean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679751319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679751311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e59975 \/ Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/1994","brand":"Helen Prejean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052014891263,"sku":"9780679751311","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbeb658f-5725-4fad-a598-0da2e995f5a0.jpg?v=1685016482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-man-walking-helen-prejean-9780679751311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}