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Just Mercy

a story of justice and redemption

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An edition of Just Mercy (1600)

Just Mercy

a story of justice and redemption

First edition.
  • 4.21 ·
  • 24 Ratings
  • 444 Want to read
  • 33 Currently reading
  • 37 Have read

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.

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Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Language
English
Pages
336

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Table of Contents

Introduction : Higher ground
Mockingbird players
Stand
Trials and tribulation
The old rugged cross
Of the coming of John
Surely doomed
Justice denied
All God's children
I'm here
Mitigation
I'll fly away
Mother, mother
Recovery
Cruel and unusual
Broken
The stonecatchers' song of sorrow
Epilogue
Author's note

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336).
New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books 2014

Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
353.4/8092, B
Library of Congress
KF373.S74 A3 2014, KF373.S743A3 2014, KF373.S743 A3 2014, KF373.S7456 A3 2014

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
x, 336 p.
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26884360M
Internet Archive
justmercystoryof0000stev
ISBN 10
0812994523
ISBN 13
9780812994520
LCCN
2014430900
OCLC/WorldCat
877914371, 900782574, 1110585234
Goodreads
59077966

Work Description

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is a memoir by Bryan Stevenson that documents his career as a lawyer for disadvantaged clients. The book, focusing on injustices in the United States judicial system, alternates chapters between documenting Stevenson's efforts to overturn the wrongful conviction of Walter McMillian and his work on other cases, including children who receive life sentences and other poor or marginalized clients.

Initially published by Spiegel & Grau, then an imprint of Penguin Random House, on 21 October 2014 in hardcover and digital formats and by Random House Audio in audiobook format read by Stevenson, a paperback edition was released on 16 August 2015 by Penguin Random House and a young adult adaptation was published by Delacorte Press on 18 September 2018. The memoir was later adapted into a 2019 movie of the same name by Destin Daniel Cretton and, commemorating the film, "Movie Tie-In" editions were released for both versions of the memoir on 3 December 2019 by imprints of Penguin Random House.

The memoir has received many honors and won multiple non-fiction book awards. It was a New York Times best seller and spent more than 230 weeks on the paperback nonfiction best sellers list. It won the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, given annually by the American Library Association. Stevenson's acceptance speech for the award, given at the Library Association's annual meeting, was said to be the best that many of the librarians had ever heard, and was published with acclaim by Publishers Weekly. The book was also awarded the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction and the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Nonfiction. It was named one of "10 of the decade's most influential books" in December 2019 by CNN.

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