In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
- Autor: Neil White
- Narrador: Taber Burns
- Editora: HarperCollins USA
- Duração: 8:32:17
Sinopse
Daddy is going to camp. That's what I told my children. A child psychologist suggested it. “Words like prison and jail conjure up dangerous images for children,” she explained. But it wasn't camp . . .
Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the best for those he loved—nice cars, beautiful homes, luxurious clothes. He loaned money to family and friends, gave generously to his church, and invested in his community—but his bank account couldn't keep up. Soon White began moving money from one account to another to avoid bouncing checks. His world fell apart when the FBI discovered his scheme and a judge sentenced him to serve eighteen months in a federal prison.
But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last people in the continental United States disfigured by leprosy. Hidden away for decades, this small circle of outcasts had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. It is here, in a place rich with history, where the Mississippi River briefly runs north, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy patients, nuns, and criminals, that White's strange and compelling journey begins. He finds a new best friend in Ella Bounds, an eighty-year-old African American double amputee who had contracted leprosy as a child. She and the other secret people, along with a wacky troop of inmates, help White rediscover the value of simplicity, friendship, and gratitude.
Funny and poignant, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is an uplifting memoir that reminds us all what matters most.
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041_Chapter 40
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042_Chapter 41
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043_Chapter 42
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044_Chapter 43
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045_Chapter 44
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046_Chapter 45
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047_Chapter 46
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048_Chapter 47
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049_Chapter 48
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050_Chapter 49
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051_Chapter 50
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052_Chapter 51
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053_Chapter 52
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054_Chapter 53
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055_Chapter 54
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056_Chapter 55
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057_Chapter 56
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058_Chapter 57
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059_Chapter 58
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060_Chapter 59
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