Download or read book Missives to My Son from Prison written by Kevin Burno and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missives to My Son from Prison offers the reader an emotional story of one father seeking to connect with his son, despite the isolating nature of mass incarceration. This short memoir is made up of ten letters Kevin Burno wrote to his son. Burno puts these letters in context, showing what events, thoughts, and personal struggles led to each message. Burno's writing portrays the difficulties of communicating across the barriers of incarceration and of maintaining relationships with family. Despite these challenges, Burno strives to be a part of his son's life, instilling in him strong principles and spiritual guidance. Burno, arrested in 2013 for a crime he didn't commit, grew up seeing the men in his life imprisoned, and he knows what it means to grow up without a father. His words express urgency, injustice, and wisdom, but most of all, they convey a father's love.
Download or read book Serving Time Too written by Rosalind Boone Williams and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving Time Too: A Memoir of My Son’s Prison Years reveals how a mother’s loving fidelity to her son throughout his incarceration and after his release makes her an unintended victim of crime and punishment. Millions have lived this story, but Williams is the first to present it in print.
Download or read book Loving You Thinking of You Don t Forget to Pray written by Jacqueline L. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jacqueline Jackson, wife of Jesse Jackson, role model, and civil rights veteran, comes an inspiring gift of love to a child in his darkest hour—and a lesson to everyone who has been touched by the scourge of mass incarceration. Jacqueline Jackson promised her son, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., that she would write him every day during his incarceration in prison while he served his thirty-month sentence. This book is an inspiring and moving selection of the letters she wrote him. Together, they comprise a powerful act of love—nurturing and ministering to her son's heart, health, and mind and maintaining his essential connection with home. Frank, anecdotal, imbued with faith, and sometimes humorous, they offer intimate details from the family’s daily life, along with news of friends and the community and glimpses of such figures as Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and Mayor Marion Barry. They also touch eloquently on issues of social justice, politics, and history, as when Mrs. Jackson recalls growing up in Jim Crow Florida, and they reflect the qualities, instilled by her own mother, that made her a role model for much of her life. Ultimately, these letters offer a blueprint for why we have to support our families not just as they elevate but when they fall. This collection is Mrs. Jackson's contribution to healing during a time when our prisons are full and our communities are suffering. She provides the road map for ensuring that the individuals serving sentences understand that prison is where they are, not who they are and for helping them sustain the courage to keep hope alive.
Download or read book Letters to My Son in Prison written by Ken Guidroz and published by Bublish, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-09-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2023 American Writing Awards Non-Fiction BOOK OF THE YEAR “A gripping true story from beginning to end… It is intelligent, humorous at times, and overflowing with spiritual insights. One of the most thought-provoking books I’ve ever encountered.” —Cathy Byrd, author of The Boy Who Knew Too Much “I’m not a believer and I’m not a father. So why do I like Guidroz’s book so much? Because Letters to My Son in Prison makes the grade as literature worthy of reading in depth. It’s raw, straight from the heart. No treacle for effect. Ken has laid his heart and soul on the table and done it with unflinching courage.” —David Booth, coauthor of Own the Room “Guidroz shares his wisdom and insight in a relatable way. This makes it easy to connect with and feel invested in the story. If you are looking for a deeply moving and inspirational read, I highly recommend this book. It will renew your faith in love and redemption and give you a sense of hope.” —Barbara Legere, author of Keven’s Choice Ken raised his three sons in a squeaky-clean suburb of Los Angeles. He envisioned fatherhood as coaching their sports teams, taking them to church (where he was the pastor), and visiting colleges one day. Instead, he got an education on the street names of opioids, fluency in rehab vernacular, and an insider’s view of the California prison system, when his middle son, Lucas, accidentally killed a man with his car while high on heroin. Ken was tormented by doubt. What did I do wrong as a dad? Will my son ever be okay? Will my marriage survive this trauma? Estranged from his son, Ken strived to rebuild their relationship. Face-to-face visits made them feel like they were in a fishbowl and phone calls were interrupted with inmates screaming. Letter writing turned out to be the best way to connect. Writing the letters proved cathartic for Ken. And they were clarifying for Lucas, as he made sense of losing his way, ultimately writing a heart-wrenching apology to the widow of his victim. The written word became the perfect medium for a father to reconnect with his son—and himself. Ken is most revealing, however, about the impact all this had on his faith. To go from the podium to the back pew and then out the back door disoriented him. How could he redefine his faith outside the four walls of religion? With a distinct voice and disarming honesty, Letters to My Son in Prison offers a candid snapshot of fatherhood, a refreshing take on marriage, and a creative vision of faith.
Download or read book Shattered Stories from Mothers of Incarcerated Sons written by Jodi Rose and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When my son got locked up November 2013 it was an experience most of you can relate to so well. For 2 years while he was in county jail waiting for his sentence I was in total shock. The idea of my son doing life in prison was a huge blur to me. I tried to find the words of how I felt and I couldn't fit the description with anything other than words like: helpless, broken, shocked, numb, heart broke, pain, my heart literally felt as if it had physically been ripped from my chest. Like when you get a really bad cut and nothing will sooth it, my heart was cut, not in two, not even in three, it was shattered in a million pieces fragmented into something that could never be the same. Never feel the same, never live the same, life would never be as it was. I had to learn as a mother, wife, and loved one to so many others that I had no other choice but to pick up the pieces that have been broken and put them back together one by one. This book will tell stories of mothers that have fought hard to keep going after their child was incarcerated, it will also help others to understand more about the journey we live as mothers of incarcerated sons.
Download or read book Hits and Missives written by Ben Trovato and published by Jacana Media. This book was released on 2006 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildly hilarious and almost too outrageous to believe, the correspondence of South Africa's most famous humor writer has now been compiled into one volume comprised of the author's (and fans') favorite letters. Assembled from his three previous compilations, this newest volume is a "greatest hits" of the riotous letters Ben Trovato has addressed to the rich and powerful abroad and the sidesplitting responses he received. Sometimes shocking, yet always funny, this collected works is Trovato at his best.
Download or read book Missives of Wisdom from an Inmate written by Ana Silvia Contreras and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most of his life, eighteen-year-old Joel thought his father, Daniel, had abandoned him. He's about to discover how wrong he was. In many ways, Daniel has been a constant influence in the young man's life. On his birthday, Joel learns the truth when his mother presents him with a bundle of letters. His father is incarcerated in a federal maximum-security prison-and has been for Joel's entire life. Determined that Joel will not make the same mistakes he did, Daniel dedicates himself to finding the wisdom needed to enable his son to find success in all aspects of life. Each year, Daniel writes two letters: one for his wife, Alexia, and one for Joel. Each letter contains and builds on a life principle Daniel asks Alexia to learn and pass on to their son. An enlightening, uplifting story based on author Ana Silvia Contreras's own correspondence with her incarcerated first cousin, Missives of Wisdom from an Inmate is an ideal book for new parents, support groups, and troubled teens. Daniel's insightful advice offers hope and inspiration to anyone willing to accept that there might be a better way.
Download or read book Seen Heard written by Lucy Baldwin and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems and drawings by parents and children affected by imprisonment in the UK and abroad. The poems and images are all original and from open competitions begun in 2018. They address the thoughts, feelings and beliefs of the authors as they express themselves concerning their emotions and experiences. Over a million children and family members are affected by imprisonment in the UK alone and the poems seek to emphasise the sense of loss, deprivation and isolation involved. They also show resilience—and how enforced separation impacts each and every day of the writer’s life. Extract from Mark’s ‘And I Need My Dad’ You are not here Like my friend’s dad To build rocket-ships And kick a football… You are not here Because you are there: Inside doing time, And I need my dad. Backed by prison and prisoner interest groups and children’s charities. Contains wholly original material and insights. Linked to public events and initiatives. To be used in education and training.
Download or read book Doing Time with My Son written by Bettye L. Blaize and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for families, community leaders, and other stakeholders who are concerned about the impact of incarceration on individuals and families. If you have never experienced first-hand the incarceration of yourself or of a loved one, this book will give you an empathetic, but realistic, look at a struggle that has become a national crisis. And if you are a family member of an inmate or an inmate yourself, Doing Time will give voice to a struggle that you know only too well. This book will teach you that together we can always move forward with hope, knowing that no matter where we come from, what we've been through, and what lies ahead, love endures.
Download or read book Memoirs of a Father and Son prison letters stories and poems written by Tony Watson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to my father Jerome Williams. This book is a combination of the writings of my father and mine. A collection of poems, letters, and stories. These poems and letters are true work of both authors and the stories I wrote are pure and positive imagination. This is a rare collaboration of its kind because my father had life in the Maryland State Penitentiary and wrote his poems before he passed on. And me his son was incarcerated in a Federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania where my writing began. Although both of us were incarcerated in different states; ironically we wrote on some of the same subjects but different titles. I don't know if it's hereditary or just a freak incident. But growing up I have always heard people say, "Like father, like son." So please enjoy this extraordinary book by father and son. Which will share some of our deepest thoughts, emotions, and experiences through our writings in the plight of our incarceration?
Download or read book Letters from Camp Prison written by Phyllis Gold and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GLAM
Download or read book Blue Eyed Blonde written by Sherman D. Manning and published by American Dream Online Books. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex, Love, Rock & Roll; Jeremy Shackelford has a passion for Justice. This is Sherman Mannings brand new book. A blast. Manning is a master of Generation X writers. In this sensational book, Jeremy Shackelford is a stud, a jock and a fraternity leader. He graduates Magna Cum Laude from U. C. Davis in California . . . He interned at the State Capitol for the Terminator. Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Terry Semel and Marc Cuban all gave Jeremy lucrative job offers. But Jeremy Shackelford is a podcaster, a blogger, an iPodder and the Editor of the Sacramento Bee Newspaper. He kicks it with Marcus Pinkus, Victor Rasuk, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Curry, Josh Davis, Dennis Lloyd and Trent Reznor. In the process of wining, dining, sex, drugs, rock and roll, Jeremy stumbles upon some information . . . A powerful secret. His journalistic discovery; could be deadly . . .
Download or read book Dear Mom Dear Son written by Jason Rutherford and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Mom, Dear Son is the emotional journey between a mother and her incarcerated son while they correspond together. No other book out there dealing with prison life brings you all the emotion and pain expressed through letters like Dear Mom, Dear Son. It stands alone as a unique tour into the most important aspect of anyone doing time, Mail call. while awaiting transfer to federal prison from the county jail, JD sent his mother, Linda out one last letter in the hopes that he would not lose her for good. He didn't write just any letter, but a poetic letter. His mother was So intrigued that she decided to respond in poetry herself. This exchange went on for 3 years until Linda passed away months before his release. Dear Mom, Dear Son takes you through this journey with a full commentary by the authors between each letter, detailing the exact nature and feeling of their experience as it continues. Their experience will inspire you in such a way that you will be moved to appreciate life, and your mother.
Download or read book The Son of a Monster written by Oli Porri Santoro and published by Max Milo. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2008, the Fourniret affair has been devastating France and Belgium. The serial killer Michel Fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of kidnappings, rapes and murders. His wife, Monique Olivier, was also given life imprisonment with preventive detention of twenty-eight years. Their shadows continue to hover over some thirty unsolved murders. In 2014, the journalist Oli Porri Santoro began his investigation; and in the process, he met and befriended Selim, the only son of the diabolical couple. Selim had since built a new life for himself in the south of France, under a new identity. The day after their meeting, fate intervened. Selim received a letter from his father, whom he had not heard from for ten years. Over the next ten years, Santoro and Selim began corresponding with Fourniret (there are more than a hundred letters) and met him in prison at Ensisheim in Alsace. This is a true story never before told, with unpublished confessions of murders never obtained by investigators, the revealing of the name of a potential accomplice, evidence of Michel Fourniret's presence at the Ranucci trial in 1976, and the truth about the fate of the remains of the Postiches gang treasure. Oli Porri Santoro, born in Nice to a Sicilian family, started out as a journalist in the local press at age 24. In 2013, he became known to the public when he investigated and identified the identity of the man who drove the truck that killed Coluche, the French comedian. As a freelance journalist, he published widely in VSD, Capital, Valeurs Actuelles, Closer and even Le Soir magazine. Then, in 2014, he met Selim, the son of Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier. It was a meeting that changed his life forever.
Download or read book Far Apart Close in Heart written by Becky Birtha and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children can experience many emotions when a parent is in jail or prison. They may be angry, sad, lonely, or scared. Sometimes friends act differently toward them. Sometimes the children begin acting differently too. In this important book, young readers will learn that even when it feels like nothing can get better again, there are ways they can improve their circumstances. Sending letters, talking to a trusted grown-up about their feelings, and even visiting a parent in jail or prison can help keep a parent close in their hearts. Use this title as a helpful tool to start a conversation with any child in this situation and to remind them they are not alone.
Download or read book Letters to Prison written by Lori Carroll-Creasy and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What came to Lori's mind after writing many letters to her son in prison; Yes!" she said PRISON. " Lori didn't expect her child who was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age to leave the world she brought him into to go to prison at age 18. Lori went looking for self-help books and there weren't any. What really helped Lori were the letters, prayers and cards. They are what kept her going. For all the families and parents who have lost a loved one to the prison system, this will give you understanding on what those experiencing this feel. Lori Carroll Creasy was born in Covington Kentucky. After high school, Lori and her family relocated to Bradenton, Florida. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Sarasota, Florida. Some years after Lori's first marriage living as a divorced/single parent, Lori met and married John Creasy. They have three lovely children; two boys and a daughter. Now within the last eight years, there family tree has grown to six grandchildren who bring them much joy and laughter. Sarasota County School District has been Lori's place of employment for 29 years. Here her love for Early Childhood Development deepened to an overwhelming desire of nurturing and care not just for young children but also their parents. Lori's real bio is the love between the two, her family and her work.
Download or read book The Darkest Hour written by Nanon Williams and published by goodmedia press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Darkest Hour emerged from a deep and dark despair in a place where the thought of suicide often holds more appeal than the thought of living. The hopeless ones live below the line but not Nanon Williams. Williams reached high beyond despair with outstretched hands and on tiptoes. He took a firm grip on the branch of hope and hoisted himself up above the line. While on Texas Death Row, Nanon was an inspirational voice. This work, now in its second edition, has expanded his inspirational influence beyond prison walls to men and women everywhere. His voice reaches others who measure their lives by an hourglass and do not see enough sand remaining to do anything of importance with their lives. We all learn from Nanon Williams that we can race against time and win.
