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A Knock at Midnight audiobook
- By: Brittany K. Barnett
- Narrator: Karen Chilton
- Category: Criminal Law, Law, Sentencing
- Length: 13 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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A Knock at Midnight Audiobook Summary
LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST • NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE • A “powerful and devastating” (The Washington Post) call to free those buried alive by America’s legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity—from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system.
“An essential book for our time . . . Brittany K. Barnett is a star.”—Van Jones, CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN Host, and New York Times bestselling author
Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever—that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America’s devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole—for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother. As she studied this case, a system came into focus in which widespread racial injustice forms the core of America’s addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda’s plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom.
This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda’s case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself.
Brittany’s riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
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A Knock at Midnight Audiobook Narrator
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A Knock at Midnight Full Details
| Narrator | Karen Chilton |
| Length | 13 hours 20 minutes |
| Author | Brittany K. Barnett |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 30, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593210185 |
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The publisher of the A Knock at Midnight is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: autobiographies best sellers, CRT, critical race theory, political books, black authors, african american, african american authors, african american books, supreme court, lawyer, civil rights, war on drugs, racism, race, inspirational books, freedom, women in prison, prison, criminal justice, injustice, justice, politics, crime, law, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, autobiography, biographies, biography, books on racism, lawyer gifts for women, juneteenth, nonfiction books, nonfiction best sellers, nonfiction, social justice, Law, Criminal Law, Sentencing, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations The BISAC Subject Code is Criminal Law, Law, Sentencing
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The publisher of the A Knock at Midnight is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593210185.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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