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That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography Of An Innocent Man On Death Row (2009)

by Jarvis Jay Masters(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061730459 (ISBN13: 9780061730450)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: When Jarvis is a young boy he and his four siblings are taken away from their drug addicted, neglectful mother and placed in separate foster homes. Jarvis was fortunate to be placed in a loving home with the Prockes, a caring elderly couple who loved and nurtured him. Things began to fall apart when he is removed from the home due to the Prockes age and declining health. He is then placed in an abusive home with foster parents who are in it only for the money. They torture and abuse him. Feeling hopeless when no one believes what is happening to him in the home, Jarvis runs away only to end up in one group home after the next. Eventually, he is reunited with his family, but that is not necessarily a good thing. At the age of nineteen he ends up in San Quentin St... moreate Prison for armed robbery. While serving his time he is implicated in the death of a guard and ends up on death row. I found this to be a compelling story about the foster care system. One cannot help but to feel sorry for young Jarvis and all the other children who are in a similar situation. I highly recommend this gripping account of one man’s journey to coming to terms with his life and finding freedom while behind bars.
review 2: Masters takes us on the compelling and heart-wrenching journey of his life, from being the child of a heroin-addicted mother to bouncing around foster homes and institutions, to finally awaiting death by lethal injection at San Quentin prison where he discovers spirituality. Written with a touching honesty, his book is not a defense of his crimes or a plea for forgiveness; although he claims innocence in the crime that landed him on death row he does so only briefly and instead allows his voice to be a call to action for the improvement of our foster care and juvenile justice systems. The stories of his life show that his spirituality was with him all along but that it was only realized when he chose to believe fully in love and hope, and he sends the message that we can all find compassion and forgiveness, even in the darkest and most hopeless places. less

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