Welcome to Litsy!

This book is a heartbreaking, infuriating and powerful memoir of one man‘s time on death row in AL for thirty years. Thirty years of his life that were stolen from him, for crimes he did not commit. It‘s an up close look at poverty, racism, and a deeply broken system that was never right from the start. Bryan Stevenson of EJI fought like hell to get Anthony‘s freedom, against all odds and with no cooperation or care from the state. Had it not⬇️

I carry scars that only Lester and Bryan really see. I document every day of my life. I get receipts. I purposefully walk in front of security cameras. I don‘t like to stay home for too long without calling a few people to tell them what I‘m doing. I always call someone and say goodnight. It‘s not that I‘m lonely or that I‘m afraid to be alone. In many ways, I prefer to be alone. I create an alibi for every single day of my life. ⬇️

I was at work. I didn‘t try to rob and kill anyone. I was at work where a guard had to clock me in and clock me out. They told me it didn‘t matter that it wasn‘t me. They told me that a white man was going to say that I did it and that‘s all it would take. I was going to be guilty because I was going to have a white jury and a white judge and a white prosecutor. My defense attorney wasn‘t paid nothing. He couldn‘t get money for an expert.⬇️

Whew. Okay. I disliked all the characters and I loved all the writing. She writes real people, with all their flaws and realities, which made me dislike pretty much all of them. But the story is gripping, and if you can stick with it, it‘s a really good book.

Insomnia worked in my favor last night and finished this interesting, chapter-less book. 📖

The hubs and I are on a #stephenking movie kick 🤷🏻‍♀️ #losersclub #booktomovie

I absolutely enjoyed this book! I am so glad I decided to read this even after disliking the author's other book 'L.A Weather' that I read in 2024.

I found this story to be enticing right from the opening and in between the different timelines, Escandon kept my interest with both the story and the characterizations of not just Libertad but all of the characters.

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Yay! My first read for the year. The blurb which says it‘s “rife with overtones of Dostoyevsky,..” had me picking this up. It seems to be partly based on a true story from letters Highsmith exchanged with a prison inmate. A suspenseful, psychologically disturbing story with an unlikeable protagonist I can‘t help having sympathy for, in fact I was rooting for him. The building up of suspense brings an unexpected ending that leaves me unsettled.

One of my favorite Christmas gifts!!