Life After Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption

By Evans Hopkins

Book Overview

Life After Life is the haunting and gloriously redemptive tale of Evans D. Hopkins's many lives, a sweeping journey from promising middle-class youth to civil rights militant, from criminal and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743246233
• ISBN13: 9780743246231
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Life After Life: A story of Rage and Redemption.

"Life After Life is a thought-provoking book with a powerful message that explores the inner struggles of growing up in the South in the seventies. Evans, a brillant young man, from a well established Middle Class family, made some poor choices, during his teenager years and later that led to trouble with the law. With the love and support of parents, family, and others, plus through his writing he was able to find a new path in life.. This book should serve as an inspiration to others in like situation. A Must Read!!! Alice T. Bigelow- Danville, Virginia

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An excellent read for young people, when searching for real meaning in their lives, make life-altering mistakes, and still have the faith and courage to right those mistakes. Evans D. Hopkins' "righting of his mistakes" by writing his way out of a life sentence in prison is nothing short of Herculean. This is also fabulous reading for the serious reader who fully appreciates skillful articulation in spite of having to write in an environment, a prison cell that could crush one's will to live, more soothe literary mind. Unquestionably a must read.

RADICAL READING!!!

Poignant, emotionally sad...yet very satisfying. A bitter sweet account depicting the author's rage and struggle to find spiritually and redemption...Brilliantly written...A MUST READ!!!

Life After Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption

"Life After Life" is an extremely powerful book; it is a must read! Evans has done a superb job in citing compelling examples of African-Americans experiences while growing up in the South. His book further illustrates how resilent African-Americans were, in spite of the obstacles they faced almost on a a daily basis.

A vivid and stirring account of salvation

Life After Life is a vivid and stirring account of salvation that comes to a brilliant young man whose early years in a middle class southern family were marred by his criminal acts brought on by his deep yearning to correct racial injustice in his Virginia hometown. Reading Life After Life gives a chilling view of prison existence that both alerts and alarms. The author's eloquent description of his family's devoted care and many years of sacrifices during his years of inprisonment is a major highlight of this appealing narrative. This is a compelling story that makes for real reading pleasure.