Free Cyntoia : my search for redemption in the American prison system
Brown-Long, Cyntoia2019
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Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to life in prison for a murder she committed at the age of 16. Her case became national news when celebrities and activists made the hashtag #FreeCyntoia go viral in 2017. She was granted full clemency after having served 15 years, walking out a free woman on August 7, 2019. This is her story, in her own words. In these pages, written over the 15 years she was incarcerated, Cyntoia shares the difficult early life that lead to that fateful night and how she found the strength to not only survive, but thrive, in prison.
Main title:
Free Cyntoia : my search for redemption in the American prison system / Cyntoia Brown-Long.
Author:
Brown-Long, Cyntoia, author
Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781982141103 (hbk)
Dewey class:
364.1551092365.43
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2911030