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Sto caricando le informazioni... My Soul Said to Me: An Unlikely Journey Behind the Walls of Justicedi Robert E. Roberts
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The autobiographical book tells the story of Robert Roberts, who grew up in poverty, struggled hard his whole life to become a well-considered dentist. While struggling with an unhappy marriage, he discovers that he wants to give up his job and work with people in jail. The book is really impressing, because it shows what happens in an jail in Louisiana, or probably all over the United States. One might expect that behind the walls of a jail you are safe, but I found out that it is completely the opposite. The book is fascinating and shocking on the same time, but nevertheless, a very good book. It just explains reality. Furthermore, it is interesting to get to know why some people are in jail. Prisoners are always regarded as bad person, but if you get to know their stories of life, opinions about it could change. It is impressive how Robert Roberts worked hard to find success, but he did. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In the mid 1980s, Bob Roberts was a successful dentist, stunt flyer and racecar driver. While undergoing marital counseling he was fascinated by the psychological process and pursued his own doctorate in psychology. Intrigued by the community-building work of M. Scott Peck, Roberts' doctorate research consisted of applying and testing Peck's community-building model in an environment where it seemed only a distant possibility-the prison system. It was there, in Louisiana's Dixon Correctional Institution, where Roberts' life was forever transformed, as would the lives of hundreds of inmates and former offenders. What started as a literacy program evolved into sessions of shared soul searching, group therapy and a celebration of the prisoners' roots. Although prison officials sabotaged his project, Roberts went on to found Project Return, the most successful aftercare program for former offenders in the country. Aimed at breaking the cycles of addiction, crime and violence, Project Return is the only prisoner rehabilitation program in the country funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. This memoir is Roberts' adventure into his heart and his conscience. It explores the darkest terrain of violence and human suffering, and the brightest terrain of redemption, human dignity and hope. It will leave readers deeply inspired, encouraged and impassioned-in awe of the human capacity to survive and recover from cruelty and hardship. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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A fascinating story that shows not only the reality in prisons but also the dreams and desires prisoners used to have until the jail guards and officers destroyed them. Very recommendable! ( )