Life After Death: Eighteen Years on Death Row
by:
Damien Echols (author)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781782391234
Publish date: January 9th 2013
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Pages no: 417
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Book Club,
Adult,
Mystery,
Crime,
Biography Memoir,
True Crime,
True Story
I won't lie, I skimmed a good deal of the second half of the book. I found the author's discussion of his childhood and his experiences during his pre-prison life interesting but once that part was over, there was just too much rambling on about baseball and other things that didn't feel relevant. T...
2 for 1 review. One by me, and one by a prisoner.This is such a sad story! Of course, you may know who the West Memphis 3 are, and you might know that they eventually got out of prison (which is yay!) but the reason they were put there (being not guilty) is because young kids lost their life, and th...
I really never knew anything about the "West Memphis 3" case until I heard about the men getting out of prison. I picked up this memoir because I was curious what Mr. Echols had to say about his time in prison. While I didn't think the book would be a walk through the park, I expected it to be dif...
No matter what your views on crime and punishment in the United States in general, or on the death penalty in particular, Damien Echols' memoir is certain to move you, challenge you, and devastate you. I only became aware of the "West Memphis Three" story a few years ago. I've since watched the HBO ...
A raw, brutally honest, relentlessly compelling memoir.