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This riveting book goes further. Stymied by both the union and prison brass in his effort to report on correctional officers, Conover instead applied for a job, and spent nearly a year in the system, mostly at Sing Sing, the storied prison in the New York City suburbs. Fascinated and fearful, the author in training grasps some troubling truths: \"we rule with the inmates' consent,\" says one instructor, while another acknowledges that \"rehabilitation is not our job.\" As a Sing Sing \"newjack\" (or new guard), Conover learns the folly of going by the book; the best officers recognize \"the inevitability of a kind of relationship\" with inmates. Whether working the gallery, the mess hall or transportation detail, the job is both a personal and moral challenge: at the isolation unit (\"the Box\"), Conover begins to write up his first \"use of force\" incident when a fellow officer waves him away. 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Six weeks later he killed a neighborhood girl; an indifferent constabulary failed to discover her body until after Pomeroy was apprehended for a second vicious child-murder. This confluence caused unprecedented outrage; ultimately, Pomeroy received a life sentence in solitary confinement. While Schechter has displayed a career enthusiasm for what Hannibal Lecter termed louche subject matter (Schechter's books on serial murderers have been titled Bestial, Depraved, Deranged, etc.), he is a deft writer and does well at re-creating from documentation the thoughts and perspectives of long-dead figures; even Pomeroy is rendered subtly, with creepy verisimilitude. Schechter ably portrays the living death of Pomeroy's captivity (he served 53 years, making repeated escape attempts, and had become a media curiosity by the 1920s), and captures the poignancy of the infirm Pomeroy's release, in 1929, to a prison farm, where he remained until his death in 1932. 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Her Fervent Faith Surfaces Often In Her Account: Her Church Youth Group Figures Prominently In Her Life, She Prays Before Each Surfing Competition, She States That Being Tight With God Is Even More Important To Me Than Surfing And, In Discussing God's Plan For Her, States, If I Can Help Other People Find Hope In God, Then That Is Worth Losing My Arm For. Hamilton Offers Copious Background Information About Her Close-knit Family And Her Passion For Surfing, As Well As Expressions Of Gratitude For The Post-attack Outpouring Of Support And Donations From Friends And Strangers. Despite Her Narrative's Sometimes Overly Zealous Inspirational Overtones, Hamilton's Optimism, Determination And Resilience (she Climbed Back On Her Surfboard Within A Month Of The Attack) Are Undeniably Impressive And Uplifting And May Well Reassure Teens Dealing With Distressing Or Life-altering Events. Ages 12-up. (oct.) 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He spent six days there, fighting both the physical challenges of pain and dehydration, and the psychological horror that eroded his hope and energy. Eventually, he amputated his own arm with his pocket knife in order to gain his freedom. It's a truly remarkable story, and hearing Ralston retell it is alternately fascinating and unbearable. After a brief setup that details his life as an adventurer, he arrives at his moment of horror, walking the listener in painstaking detail through everything he felt and thought; his honest and blunt language ( `What are you doing, Aron? Get that knife away from your wrist!' I feel vaguely ill... my vision blurs in a nauseating swirl), paired with his direct and non-sensational delivery, wrap the listener in a mental blanket of claustrophobia. Although squeamish listeners might find this audio presentation too overwhelming, it's a riveting document of one man's extraordinary trial. Simultaneous release with the Atria hardcover (Forecasts, Aug. 9). 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