Title: Seventy Times Seven Author: Alex Mar

Product Details: ISBN: 9781915798992 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Dims (mm): 129 x 198 Pub Date: 04-07-24 Pub Country: United Kingdom Condition: NEW

Description: A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime — and its extraordinary aftermath. 'Alex Mar's bold yet sensitive account of one of America's youngest death row inmates and the people whose lives she forever changed, is intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable.' Robert Kolker, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Valley Road'An absorbing work of social history and a story about the mystery and miracle of forgiveness...it deserves to be read with attention.' Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogyA masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl's shocking crime and its extraordinary aftermath.On a spring afternoon in 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a fifteen-year-old black girl kills a white elderly bible teacher in a violent home invasion. In a city with a history of racial tension the press swoops in.When Paula is sentenced to death, no one decries the impending execution of a tenth grader. But the tide begins to shift when the victim's grandson Bill forgives the girl, against the wishes of his family, and campaigns to spare her life. This tragedy in a midwestern steel town soon reverberates across the United States and around the world, reaching as far away as the Vatican, as newspapers cover the story on their front pages and millions sign petitions in support of Paula.As Paula waits on death row, her fate sparks a debate that not only animates legal circles but raises vital questions about the value of

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