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My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Ian Manuel
2 reviews
bobbi's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Racial slurs
booksnailmail's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Cw: child molestation, human right violation, incarceration, violence
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“Ian is magic. His story is difficult and heartbreaking, but he takes us to places we need to go to understand why we must do better.” - Bryan Stevenson (author of Just Mercy) in the Foreword to this memoir
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Thank you @pantheonbooks for making this available to me 💕
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I TORE through this memoir - I was drawn in immediately bc I worked previously in a research group that conducted work in a federal correction institution, but I don’t think you need any type of background to appreciate the gravity of this memoir.
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The US is the only country where the prison-industrial complex is extended to children. Yep, children as young as 13 or 14 years old are tried as adults and given sentences as severe as Life without Parole. Ian Manuel was one of these children, sentenced after he non-fatally shot a woman in a botched robbery. Given that he was a child, he was placed in solitary confinement for decades (which is officially a human rights violation both by international standards and as a violation of Amendment 8), and fought for release from behind bars without adequate representation or support.
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If you are a fan of Assata Shakur’s autobiography, this is one for you. Manuel is a poet (in fact, this was lucrative in prison as he could be paid by other inmates who wanted poems to send home), and his memoir is sprinkled with powerful verses.
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Manuel was finally released with the help of Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative - but in no way was he rescued. He is a survivor of lifelong abuse at the hands of family and the US government, and his talents in writing and resilience in the worst circumstances a human can face are why he is able to share his story with us. It’s a must read, though it was shocking and painful. We can’t look away from “the new Jim Crow” if we wish to abolish it.
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“Ian is magic. His story is difficult and heartbreaking, but he takes us to places we need to go to understand why we must do better.” - Bryan Stevenson (author of Just Mercy) in the Foreword to this memoir
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Thank you @pantheonbooks for making this available to me 💕
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I TORE through this memoir - I was drawn in immediately bc I worked previously in a research group that conducted work in a federal correction institution, but I don’t think you need any type of background to appreciate the gravity of this memoir.
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The US is the only country where the prison-industrial complex is extended to children. Yep, children as young as 13 or 14 years old are tried as adults and given sentences as severe as Life without Parole. Ian Manuel was one of these children, sentenced after he non-fatally shot a woman in a botched robbery. Given that he was a child, he was placed in solitary confinement for decades (which is officially a human rights violation both by international standards and as a violation of Amendment 8), and fought for release from behind bars without adequate representation or support.
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If you are a fan of Assata Shakur’s autobiography, this is one for you. Manuel is a poet (in fact, this was lucrative in prison as he could be paid by other inmates who wanted poems to send home), and his memoir is sprinkled with powerful verses.
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Manuel was finally released with the help of Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative - but in no way was he rescued. He is a survivor of lifelong abuse at the hands of family and the US government, and his talents in writing and resilience in the worst circumstances a human can face are why he is able to share his story with us. It’s a must read, though it was shocking and painful. We can’t look away from “the new Jim Crow” if we wish to abolish it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence