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. 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."
--Steve Yarbrough, James and Coke Hallowell Professor of Creative Writing Coordinator of the MFA Program English Department California State University
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 06/01/2010
ISBN: 9780061351631
Pages: 316
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.46w x 0.88d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 08/08/2010 pg. 20