In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
A Memoir
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 2, 2009
"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 "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A memoir-shaped read with a strong performer’s sense of pacing and presence.
- Genres
- Lives in Medicine, Personal Memoirs, Cultural Heritage Lives
- Published
- HarperCollins, June 2, 2009
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"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 "Hilarious, astonishing, and deeply moving." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil The 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.
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In the words of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler (A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain), White is “a splendid writer,” and In the Sanctuary of Outcasts “a book that will endure.”
Why It Clicks
A memoir-shaped read with a strong performer’s sense of pacing and presence.
Come here for
- author-following pull
- immersive, staged storytelling
Expect
- personal voice
- criminal-sentencing and local-history context
Where it sits
| Lives in Medicine | 72% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 53% |
| Cultural Heritage Lives | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biography & Memoir
- Science & Tech Pioneers
- Lives in Medicine
- Religious Lives
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- Criminals & Outlaws
- Personal Memoirs
- Nature Writing
- Inspirational Christian Books
- Authors
- Neil White, Neil W. White III
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 2, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Biography & Memoir