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Can you name the title of this book?
Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:32 pm
I’m trying to remember either author or title:
Its about a writer in Baton Rouge who owns a monthly business periodical/publication in town. He gets into financial trouble and he starts “kiting” checks for large amounts. He gets busted and is sentenced to prison. At that time in the 80’s, white collar criminals where being sent to a facility in Carville, LA, which was basically a Leper Colony. So half the place was lepers and the other half was white collar criminals like this guy. He gives a very poignant account about his time there and his experiences with the lepers. I cant remember the name of the book, I hope someone here can.
Its about a writer in Baton Rouge who owns a monthly business periodical/publication in town. He gets into financial trouble and he starts “kiting” checks for large amounts. He gets busted and is sentenced to prison. At that time in the 80’s, white collar criminals where being sent to a facility in Carville, LA, which was basically a Leper Colony. So half the place was lepers and the other half was white collar criminals like this guy. He gives a very poignant account about his time there and his experiences with the lepers. I cant remember the name of the book, I hope someone here can.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 7:42 pm
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 8:01 pm to selfgen
In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Great book
Great book
Posted on 3/17/20 at 9:00 pm to tigercross
Thanks!
Posted on 3/26/20 at 3:31 pm to selfgen
Just read it.
Enjoyed, thanks for the recommendation.
Enjoyed, thanks for the recommendation.
Posted on 3/27/20 at 8:24 am to HarrisonTown
just finished it. Good read, but not quite what I was expecting.
Posted on 4/3/20 at 9:07 am to kook
This sounds interesting, will acquire.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 12:13 pm to tigercross
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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Unsurprisingly, not the only book set at that facility in Carville.
Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant kicks off its inaugural story, Lord Foul's Bane with the protagonist dealing with a leprosy (Hansen's Disease) diagnosis and treatment in Carville, before embarking on a fantasy adventure in another universe.
As a product of LSU's ROTC program in the late 1980s and a Louisiana National Guard member whose unit was on the grounds of the hospital and museum, I am very familiar with the facility, at least as it was 10 to 20 years ago.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 7:12 pm to RedPop4
Got it Tuesday, finished it today.
Great book, Neil White definitely changed for the better, if indeed he has maintained his new outlook on life. I am guessing he did as he finished his sentence in 1992? and didn't write the book until 2009.
Recommended.
Great book, Neil White definitely changed for the better, if indeed he has maintained his new outlook on life. I am guessing he did as he finished his sentence in 1992? and didn't write the book until 2009.
Recommended.
Posted on 5/25/20 at 9:06 pm to RedPop4
Just finished Miracle at Carville by Betty Martin which was written in 1950 after she and her husband Harry Martin (not their real names) were cured, there. This is a tremendous book if you can find it.
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