Alex Mar
Autore di Witches of America
Sull'Autore
Alex Mar is a writer based in New York City, her hometown. Her work has recently appeared in The Believer, the Oxford American, Elle, The New York Times Book Review, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015. Mar is also the director of the documentary feature film American Mystic. Witches of mostra altro America is her first book. mostra meno
Opere di Alex Mar
Love Is Always Write: Volume One — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Between You and Me 13 copie
No Boundaries 10 copie
The Electricity Fairy 1 copia
Opere correlate
Evergreen: Dreamspinner Press 2012 Advent Calendar (31-in-1) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
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Crime (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 369
- Popolarità
- #65,264
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 13
The author tries to build compassion for all the people involved- Paula, Ruth, and her grandson, Bill, who ultimately forgave Paula and established a long correspondence with her.
The life of Paula Cooper is a sad example of how the system failed a family. Why she was kept with her abusive and suicidal mother is unexplained and unforgiveable. Her time in prison was filled with anger and violence. She never really healed from her abuse, and never forgave herself for what she did.
Bill became obsessed with abolishing the death penalty. The author spends a lot of time on this aspect- the "journeys", the protests, and how this affected Bill's life. She also offers many statistics on the death penalty and the ensuing legal proceedings. So in my opinion the Paula Cooper case is just a platform for Mar to offer reasons to abolish the death penalty, which is fine, but I would rather learn more about the system that let Paula and her sister down. That needs fixing, and perhaps would prevent other instances of teenage rage and violence.… (altro)