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In Sunshine And In Shadow
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Full title: | In Sunshine And In Shadow |
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ISBN: | 9781618622938 |
ISBN 10: | 1618622935 |
Authors: | Dixie Miller Stewart |
Publisher: | Tate Publishing |
Num. pages: | 284 |
Binding: | Perfect Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2012 |
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Synopsis
Rob Didn't Merely Stab The Man Because Of That Day's Pain...he Stabbed What That Man Represented: Someone Bigger And Badder; Someone Who Didn't Play Fair, Who Sexually Violated His Body And Innocence, Someone Who Had Repeatedly Robbed Him ...and Twice Left Him For Dead From Stab Wounds And Who Countless Times Mocked And Humiliated Him In Public. He Finally Stabbed Those Men Back.in 2003, Robert Bowers Waived Trial And Pled Guilty To Murder In The Second Degree. He Is Serving Seventeen Years To Life In A California State Prison. Inin Sunshine And In Shadow, His Mother Tells His Heartbreaking Story. Autism, Addiction, And Abuse Made Life An Incredible Struggle For Rob. Although His Mother Was Used To Getting Calls Asking 'are You The Mother Of Robert Bowers?', Nothing Could Have Prepared Her For The Call Letting Her Know Her Son Had Stabbed A Man. Dixie Miller Stewart Gives A Voice To Frightened Parents, A Heart To A Society Hardened By Behaviors They Don't Understand, And A Conscience To Anyone Who Rejects The Different Child. She Challenges Readers To Look Past Their Misconceptions. The Disheveled, Young Man You See Retrieving Aluminum Cans You've Discarded Or The Young Woman Sweeping The Parking Lot Of A Restaurant In Exchange For A Meal Are Not Homeless. They Live In The Hearts Of Their Families. Experience How The Love Of A Mother And Son Enduresin Sunshine And In Shadow.