{"product_id":"in-the-sanctuary-of-outcasts-paperback","title":"In the Sanctuary of Outcasts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable story of a young man's loss of everything he deemed important, and his ultimate discovery that redemption can be taught by society's most dreaded outcasts.\" --John Grisham \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving.\" --John Berendt, author of \u003cem\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe emotional, incredible true story of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of places--the last leper colony in the continental United States. In the words of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler (\u003cem\u003eA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e), White is \"a splendid writer,\" and \u003cem\u003eIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts\u003c\/em\u003e \"a book that will endure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaddy is going to camp. That's what I told my children. But it wasn't camp. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil White wanted only the best for those he loved and was willing to go to any lengths to provide it--which is how he ended up in a federal prison in rural Louisiana, serving eighteen months for bank fraud. But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last people in the continental United States disfigured by leprosy--a small circle of outcasts who had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. In this place rich with history, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy patients, nuns, and criminals, White's strange and compelling new life journey began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary memoir at once funny, poignant, and uplifting, \u003cem\u003eIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us all what matters most. \u003c\/p\u003e--Memphis Commercial Appeal\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaddy is going to camp. That's what I told my children. But it wasn't camp. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeil White wanted only the best for those he loved and was willing to go to any lengths to provide it--which is how he ended up in a federal prison in rural Louisiana, serving eighteen months for bank fraud. But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last people in the continental United States disfigured by leprosy--a small circle of outcasts who had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. In this place rich with history, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy patients, nuns, and criminals, White's strange and compelling new life journey began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary memoir at once funny, poignant, and uplifting, \u003cem\u003eIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us all what matters most. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.04 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915334644028,"sku":"9780061351631","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/UzV4R0czeDJrUHlMNFZlRGsvU3pUdz09.webp?v=1774361580","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/in-the-sanctuary-of-outcasts-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}