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University of California Press

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Sabine Heinlein

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Germany

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Nonfiction

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March 2013

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I am the author of the narrative nonfiction book Among Murderers: Life After Prison. I spent more than two years at the Castle, a prominent halfway house in West Harlem, shadowing my book’s three protagonists as they painstakingly learned how to master their freedom. Having lived most of their lives behind bars, the men struggled to cross the street, choose a dish at a restaurant, and withdraw money from an ATM. My empathetic first-person narrative gives a visceral sense of the men’s inner lives and of the institutions they encounter on their odyssey to redemption. I ask what constitutes successful rehabilitation and how one faces the guilt and shame of having taken someone’s life.

My work has appeared in German, American and British publica ...more

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Sabine Heinlein’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 48 ratings · 12 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Among Murderers: Life after Prison 3.83 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orphan Zoo: The Rise and Fall of The Farm at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Last White Boyfriend and Other Epiphanies by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (translator), Edith Pearlman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: For Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Learners by Giovanni García-Fenech, Sabine Heinlein (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars