Earlier in the year, I blogged about a forthcoming book entitled, That Bird Has My Wings, by Jarvis Jay Masters. Check out my article:
That Bird Has My Wings, on sale September 22nd is the compelling memoir of Jarvis Jay Masters which chronicles his early life, growing up with his four siblings and being surrounded by drugs at the hands of his mother and stepfather. He also shares how he survived violence at the hands of his biological father. They were left home alone days and weeks at a time, with no food or even the proper basic care. After he and his siblings were taken out of the home by social services, they were put in the foster care system where his life became extremely unstable. He was sentenced to prison at 19 for armed robbery and was put on death row at age 23 for being named an accessory in the death of a prison guard. Since being in prison, he has written one book and several articles. He also won a PEN Award for one of his poems. What is even more amazing is that he does all of his writing with ball point pen filler, as that is the only writing instrument available to those in maximum security prison.
I hope you add That Bird Has My Wings to your reading list.
Enjoy!
-Bobby
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