Foreword by Sister Helen Prejean
Preface by Bill Moyers
Prologue: A Long Way from Home for All of Us
PART ONE: FAMILY
Chapter One: It Started with a Phone Call . . . and Poetry
Chapter Two: From the Back of the Courtroom
Chapter Three: Daddies and Daughters . . . and a Personal Shopper
Chapter Four: His Own Safety Net
Chapter Five: Life in the Big City Chapter Six: Guilt (Mine)
Chapter Seven: The Definition of Family
Chapter Eight: The Cracks in Our Walls
PART TWO: THE NIGHTMARE
Chapter Nine: Surprise! We Should've Been Paying Attention
Chapter Ten: "What a Family Is Suppose to Feel Like"
Chapter Eleven: Connecting with Another Execution
Chapter Twelve: Tick Tock
Chapter Thirteen: Friends in High Places
Chapter Fourteen: Protestors
Chapter Fifteen: We Didn't Think They Would Really Kill Him
Chapter Sixteen: They Showed Up
Chapter Seventeen: Deciding Which Lives Are Worth Sparing
Chapter Eighteen: It Was Time We Knew
Chapter Nineteen: More Puzzle Pieces
Chapter Twenty: Thou Shall Not Kill-No Asterisk
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
