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| Resource: | Books (P41020.0000) Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister's Killer |
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| Author: | Bishop, Jeanne. | |
| Publisher: | Westminster John Knox Press, 2015 | |
| Length: | 208 pages | |
| Heading: | 125 — Grief and Loss | |
| Subjects: | Biography - General; Biography-Religious; Forgiveness / Religious aspects / Christianity; Grief -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Reconciliation / Religious aspects / Christianity; Restorative justice / Religious aspects / Christianity | |
| Location: | BV4647.F55 B57 2015 | |
| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780664259976 | |
| Description: | FROM THE PUBLISHER: When her sister was murdered in cold blood some twenty-five years ago, along with her sister's husband and their unborn child, Jeanne Bishop thought she could forgive the teenage killer and move on with her life. She became a public defender, an outspoken opponent of capital punishment, and a supporter of mandatory life sentences for juvenile killers. But all the while she never once spoke the name of her sister's killer aloud, never once cared what had happened to him after he was convicted of the crime. Over time she realized that God was asking more of her. Her responsibility as a Christian was not to simply tell herself that she'd forgiven the young man while secretly hoping he languished in prison the rest of his days. As Christians we have an obligation to work to reconcile with those who have harmed us. Change of Heart is the story of this transformation, from someone who actively sought the killer's imprisonment for the rest of his life to one who now visits him regularly in prison. It has not been an easy journey, and at times the personal cost has been high. But this change of heart has brought Bishop to a better understanding of what it means to be a person of faith. DESCRIPTION: "Bishop is the tenacious woman at the center of this true-life murder story and memoir. In 1990, her sister Nancy and brother-in-law Richard Langert were murdered at their home in an affluent Chicago suburb. Readers follow the unfolding investigation to discover that the murderer is David Biro, a local high school student who had stolen a gun from an attorney his mother hired to defend Biro on a separate charge. Proving once again that truth is stranger than fiction, Biro's father was a coworker of Bishop's father years earlier. 'I have seen an image of Nancy's killer: a little boy on a Christmas card' exchanged between the families, writes Bishop. Biro is sentenced as a juvenile to life in prison without possibility of parole. This should be the end. Bishop, however, is a committed Christian, dragged by God into an untidy and harshly honest pursuit of reconciliation. Two decades later she enters a maximum-security prison, where she's asked a simple question: what is your relationship to the offender? Bishop captivates readers with her elongated, deliberate, painful, and utterly authentic story that answers that question." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. |
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