- Paperback: 295 pages
- Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, Incorporated; New title edition (1 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1931561230
- ISBN-13: 978-1931561235
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.4 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,361,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Sleep Toward Heaven is a merciful gaze on the lives of three women inextricably linked by murder and ultimate grace. Brutal, beautiful, wise--Ward has written a storm of a novel. It will rattle the cage of your heart."
James Ellroy
Women's Death Row as you have never seen it; hauntingly rich, wise and sharply etched.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You'll get no sleep, you have to keep reading!,
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This review is from: Sleep Toward Heaven: How do you forgive when you can't forget? (Paperback)
This is a truly magical read. Three different womens lives cross over in one way or another. A doctor, a woman on death row and a woman who's husband has just been murdered. If you are looking for a cheerful read this isn't the book for you. If you are however looking for a beautifully written masterpiece that you really can't put down then order this book today. It's hard to beleive this is a first novel for this author, her writing is stunning.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
LIVING ON DEATH ROW,
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This review is from: Sleep Toward Heaven: How do you forgive when you can't forget? (Paperback)
"There is something catty about the women. I don't know. With the men it's very straightforward, but with the women there`s the............you might say the cunning."
The title of the book alone was what drew me to it "Sleep Towards Heaven". It is a work well done for this first novelist Amanda Eyre Ward. Set in Gatestown, Texas, we are invited into the lives of four women on Death Row. The story centres too around two totally different individuals whose lives will be affected by one of these women sentenced to death by lethal injection. We meet Celia a widow who has lost her husband to murder, and Franny a doctor and caregiver, who spends her time with the incarcerated, and of course Karen, who is at the core of the tale. As these lives intertwine, we see harshness without forgiveness, severe love, stubbornness and also grace and love. It shows us what people would do for the sake of love; how far one would go to have one's love returned, or just to satisfy the one loved. These women live their last days out watching TV, doing handicraft, praying and deciding what their last meals will be before their deaths, when they will be sentenced, and some of them become changed in spiritual ways, relying on God's forgiveness and going to a better place after death. It is sad but it is well told and it is a good first effort. Reviewed by Heather Marshall Negahdar (SUGAR-CANE 09/08/07
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't sleep. Stay up till you've finished it.,
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This review is from: Sleep Toward Heaven: How do you forgive when you can't forget? (Paperback)
This startling novel is impossible to put down and raises questions about innocence, forgiveness and the human condition. Karen is a young woman waiting to be executed on Death Row for the murder of several men, including Celia's husband. Franny becomes her doctor. A brief encounter between the two latter women is a pivot upon which all three lives change irrevocably.The story is delicately written and explores the fragility of human spirit and the way that we are altered and changed by our experiences - both for the better and for the worse. Don't be put off by the morbid sound of the plot; it is ultimately an uplifting read and will send you away asking "What would I do in that situation? What would I like to do?" and most importantly of all "why?" This is definitely an author to look out for. Her story could be fleshed out a little more as I felt a couple of the characters were slightly frail but she has confidence and authority and writes from the heart. As a debut novel it is astounding in both its brutality and its sensitivity. One is never undermined by the other and the result is a perfectly balanced book full of gentle passion.
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