Once you start in on "the Finkelstein 5", you will not be able to put this down. This story will grab you, enrage you, and break you while you chant along in a radical cry for justice. Adjei-Brenyah's voice rings powerful and true throughout this collection of stories. Satirical, heartbreaking, and violent stories set just within reach of "dystopian", but oh so relevant today.
I wouldn't last 1 hour, incarcerated for a crime I hadn't committed, but Anthony Ray Hinton survived 30 years on death row! Ignoring all evidence of the contrary, the state of Alabama decreed Ray guilty of two murders. Determined to return home, innocent man that he was, Ray was supported by Mama, his friend, Lester, and God. Ray used his imagination to travel all over the world and managed to form a monthly book club to distract other death row inmates from thinking about their execution dates. Brian Stephenson from the EJI sparks hope, as he reopens this case and works ceaselessly towards Ray's eventual release. An amazing story of strength and resilience!
