In this Book
- Sign of Redemption: A Novel
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
Sign of Redemption tells the story of a Richie Harrison, an innocent CPA who lands behind bars in a Texas prison--the unwitting “wheelman” in an unexpected armed robbery. Harrison falls in love with Elizabeth McKenna, a lawyer there to help Harrison’s deaf friend, and thoughts of her--and the life he’s lost--begin to obsess him. He escapes, on horseback and across a raging river, and finds safety with a drug-dealing family while scheming to win his love. To woo her, Harrison drags McKenna on a destructive journey that transforms him into the criminal he never imagined he’d become.
From the book: When I first got sent down, I thought about escaping every day, and every day I thought of the bullet that would pierce my back and exit through my breastbone in a bloody spray. I thought of myself tumbling out of a dead run, my legs buckling, my face hitting the pavement. Maybe I’m just a coward if all it takes to make a coward is a vivid imagination. But I wasn’t here long before I found out what it sounded like when the blood left the body in gurgling rushes.
From the book: When I first got sent down, I thought about escaping every day, and every day I thought of the bullet that would pierce my back and exit through my breastbone in a bloody spray. I thought of myself tumbling out of a dead run, my legs buckling, my face hitting the pavement. Maybe I’m just a coward if all it takes to make a coward is a vivid imagination. But I wasn’t here long before I found out what it sounded like when the blood left the body in gurgling rushes.
Table of Contents
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- Chapter 10
- pp. 103-111
- Chapter 11
- pp. 112-115
- Chapter 12
- pp. 116-131
- Chapter 13
- pp. 132-135
- Chapter 14
- pp. 136-147
- Chapter 15
- pp. 148-166
- Chapter 16
- pp. 167-173
- Chapter 17
- pp. 174-181
- Chapter 18
- pp. 182-191
- Chapter 19
- pp. 192-200
- Chapter 20
- pp. 201-225
- Chapter 21
- pp. 226-228
Additional Information
ISBN
9781680030310
Related ISBN(s)
9781680030303
MARC Record
OCLC
1017611812
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-03
Language
English
Open Access
No