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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White

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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts

A Memoir

Neil White, Neil W. White III

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 2, 2009

Reading lane: Christian Memoirs

"A remarkable story of a young man's loss of everything he deemed important, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be taught by society's most dreaded outcasts." —John Grisham "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The emotional, incredible true story of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of places—the last leper colony in the continental United States.

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Why This Clicks

Why It Clicks

A memoir-shaped read with a strong performer’s sense of pacing and presence.

Come here for

  • author-following pull
  • immersive, staged storytelling

Expect

  • personal voice
  • criminal-sentencing and local-history context

Book Details

Authors
Neil White, Neil W. White III
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
June 2, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Christian Memoirs · Black & African American Lives
Reading lane
Christian Memoirs

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About This Book

"A remarkable story of a young man's loss of everything he deemed important, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be taught by society's most dreaded outcasts." —John Grisham "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The emotional, incredible true story of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of pla...

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"A remarkable story of a young man's loss of everything he deemed important, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be taught by society's most dreaded outcasts." —John Grisham "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The emotional, incredible true story of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of places—the last leper colony in the continental United States. In the words of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler ( A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain ), White is “a splendid writer,” and In the Sanctuary of Outcasts “a book that will endure.”

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