The Resource Redeemable : a memoir of darkness and hope, Erwin James
Redeemable : a memoir of darkness and hope, Erwin James
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- Summary
- Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His teenage and early adult years were spent drifting, and 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 and a future without purpose or hope. Then he met Joan, a prison psychologist, who helped him to confront the painful truth of his past, and to understand how it had shaped him from such a young age. Her sessions transformed his life. Encouraged to read and to educate himself, over the next twenty years Erwin James would go on to receive a BA in History, and 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, and shows that no matter how far a person may fall, redemption is possible with the right kind of help
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Redeemable : a memoir of darkness and hope
- Title
- Redeemable
- Title remainder
- a memoir of darkness and hope
- Statement of responsibility
- Erwin James
- Title variation
- Memoir of darkness and hope
- Subject
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- Children of alcoholics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Criminal rehabilitation
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain
- James, Erwin
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Murderers -- Great Britain | Biography
- Overseas item
- Prisoners -- Great Britain | Biography
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- trueAutobiography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Born in Somerset in 1957 to itinerant Scottish parents, Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home and subject to the whims of various caregivers after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His teenage and early adult years were spent drifting, and 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 and a future without purpose or hope. Then he met Joan, a prison psychologist, who helped him to confront the painful truth of his past, and to understand how it had shaped him from such a young age. Her sessions transformed his life. Encouraged to read and to educate himself, over the next twenty years Erwin James would go on to receive a BA in History, and 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, and shows that no matter how far a person may fall, redemption is possible with the right kind of help
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- James, Erwin
- Dewey number
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- James, Erwin
- Life imprisonment
- Life imprisonment
- Autobiographies
- Criminals
- Prisoners
- Murderers
- Life imprisonment
- Children of alcoholics
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Redeemable : a memoir of darkness and hope, Erwin James
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057115452
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408813973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907966008
- Label
- Redeemable : a memoir of darkness and hope, Erwin James
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057115452
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408813973
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)907966008
Subject
- Children of alcoholics -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Criminal rehabilitation
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain
- trueGreat Britain
- James, Erwin
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Murderers -- Great Britain | Biography
- Overseas item
- Prisoners -- Great Britain | Biography
- Life imprisonment -- Great Britain -- Case studies
- trueAutobiography
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