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The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
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Author:
David Sheff
Publisher:
Simon Schuster
Date:
August 4, 2020
The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy, explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of Americaâs most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row.
What The Reviewers Say
... a more universal story is also in this book. It is not as explicit as it might be.
Journalist and memoirist Sheff...chronicles one man’s time on death row and his use of Buddhist practices to discover hope and healing.
Applying the same mix of empathy and journalistic integrity demonstrated in Beautiful Boy...Sheff conveys Masters’ transformative jailhouse exchanges with Buddhist masters, family members, and special friends with poignancy and profound emotional power.
Sheff...draws from research and personal correspondence to tell the stirring story of Jarvis Jay Masters, a convicted murderer awaiting execution on California’s death row who converted to Buddhism and has found a kind of freedom despite the death sentence looming over him.
