{"product_id":"that-bird-has-my-wings-the-autobiography-of-an-innocent-man-on-death-row-paperback","title":"That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography Of An Innocent Man On Death Row (Paperback)","description":"OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe moving memoir of a Death Row inmate who discovers Buddhism and becomes an inspirational role model for fellow inmates, guards, and a growing public\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 1990, while serving a sentence in San Quentin for armed robbery, Jarvis Jay Masters was implicated as an accessory in the murder of a prison guard. A 23-year-old Black man, Jarvis was sentenced to death in the gas chamber. While in the maximum security section of Death Row, using the only instrument available to him—a ball-point pen filler—Masters's astounding memoir is a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and the talent of a fine writer.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOffering us scenes from his life that are at times poignant, revelatory, frightening, soul-stirring, painful, funny and uplifting, That Bird Has My Wings tells the story of the author’s childhood with parents addicted to heroin, an abusive foster family, a life of crime and imprisonment, and the eventual embracing of Buddhism. Masters’s story drew the attention of luminaries in the world of American Buddhism, including Pema Chodron, who wrote a story about him for O Magazine and offers a foreword to the book.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThirty-two years after his conviction, Masters is still on Death Row. A growing movement of people believe Masters is innocent, and are actively working within the legal system to free him.","brand":"Jarvis Jay Masters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68136579825945,"sku":"9780061730481","price":99.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/7844\/9945\/files\/383481_63f044578ad688.92079621_9780061730481.jpg?v=1793380547","url":"https:\/\/bigbadbooksale.co.za\/products\/that-bird-has-my-wings-the-autobiography-of-an-innocent-man-on-death-row-paperback","provider":"bigbadbooksale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}