The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice
Anthony Hinton
This book tells the story of a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Despite his wrongful imprisonment, he finds hope and joy through the power of reading and is ultimately able to transform himself and those around him. With a foreword by a civil rights attorney, this powerful memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit in the face of injustice.
Publish Date
2018-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
2018-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
4.64
ISBN
9781250309471
Categories
Recommendations
4
Recommendations
2018-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
Over the years I've chosen many great novels, very few memoirs for my book club, but this story reads like an epic novel. And it is all true! Mr. Hinton was falsely convicted of murder and spent 30 years on death row before he was finally released. – source2018-06-06T21:15:12.000Z
Ray Hinton touching book “The Sun Does Shine” is a fantastic selection for Oprah’s Book Club - a must read for all of humanity – source2018-06-06T02:24:46.000Z
An extraordinarily book about an extraordinarily life. Anthony Ray Hinton’s story inspired many things within me. Mainly, the idea of radical forgiveness. Don’t know if I could forgive what he went through, but I loved reading about how he did. And trying to learn how for myself. – source2022-07-28T12:47:41.000Z
Summer reading book #8 is THE SUN DOES SHINE by Anthony Ray Hinton “What kind of world is it where an innocent man can lose 16 years of his life & it’s a waste of time to let him prove he’s innocent? My 16 years was less important than 2 or 3 days of the attorney general’s time.” – source