CANCELED - Community Reads Book Discussion: Just Mercy

Thursday, March 247:00—8:00 PMCommunity RoomNorfolk Public Library2 Liberty Lane, Norfolk, MA, 02056

Join others in a discussion about our Community Read book, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. 

Can't make it to this group? Other book groups will be reading Just Mercy this month as well: Page Turners (3/1 @ 1pm) and the COA Book Group (3/15, 2pm, open to all adults). 

Take a look at the calendar for events happening all throughout the month of March for our 2022 Community Read. 

Book synopsis (source: Amazon)

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.