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“We imagine our paths are freely chosen. But there is a need to account for biology and history, the random intercession of other people, culture, race, and the mystery of the transcendent. ”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: big-questions, book-club, criminal-justice, human-behavior, memoir, narrative-nonfiction, nonfiction-reads, race-and-culture, social-context, thought-provoking

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“Once he accepted God into his life, Michael immediately began receiving the benefit of small miracles—“gold nuggets,” he calls them—that he perceived to be tangible proof of God’s love.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: faith, grace, hope, inspiration, life-change, miracles, redemption, resilience, spiritual-memoir, uplifting-reads

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“As a child, Michael never once heard anyone tell him “I love you.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: childhood-trauma, compassion, emotional-truth, healing, heart-tug, memoir, must-read, nonfiction, redemption, trauma-recovery

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“The point is this: it is true that some people are very damaged. It is not true that they are all unsalvageable.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: criminal-justice, hope, human-change, psychology, redemption, reflective-reads, rehabilitation, second-chances, social-justice, trauma-informed

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“You could fight, take drugs, maybe even kill—but the behavior had to be confined to the inside of the prison. You could not escape.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: carceral-reality, gritty-nonfiction, human-condition, justice-reform, nonfiction, prison-memoir, real-life-drama, survival, systems, true-story

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“Iron Mike was learning how to love.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege

tags: character-change, compassion, faith, healing, human-growth, love-and-learning, memoir, redemption, second-chances, transformative-reads

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“He left the hearing feeling liberated, lighter, and more transparent.”
― George Critchlow, The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege