Redeemable: A Memoir Of Darkness And Hope

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Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven Shipped from home to home & subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol & violence he committed his first crime of breaking & entering when he was ten His teenage & early adult years were spent drifting & his petty crime turned increasingly violent culminating in the terrible events for which he was jailed for life in 1984 Entering prison at 27 James struggled to come to terms with the enormity of his crimes & a future without purpose or hope Then he met Joan a prison psychologist who helped him to confront the painful truth of his past & to understand how it had shaped him from such a young age Her sessions transformed his life Encouraged to read & to educate himself over the next twenty years Erwin James would go on to receive a BA in History & become a regular columnist for the Guardian Speaking to the very heart of the human condition this is a book that offers no excuses
- only the need to understand how we become who we become & shows that no matter how far a person may fall redemption is possible with the right kind of help It is an important & timely memoir