Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Author:Lorenzo Carcaterra
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Mystery, Urban, Murder, Social Science, Child Abuse, True Crime, Popular Culture, Abuse, General, Literary, Family & Relationships, Case studies, Criminals, Biography & Autobiography, New York, Gangs, New York (State), Sociology, Thriller, Criminology
ISBN: 9780345404114
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1995-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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VISITORS WERE ALLOWED into Wilkinson on rotating weekend mornings, for a maximum of one hour. Only one visitor per inmate was permitted.

Early into my stay, I had written and asked my father not to come, explaining how it would make it harder for me to do time seeing him or my mother. I couldn’t look at my father and have him see on my face all that had happened to me. It would have been too much for either one of us. Michael had done the same with the interested members of his family. Tommy’s mother could never get it together to visit, satisfied with the occasional letter he sent telling her all was well. John’s mother came up once a month, her eyes always brimming with tears, too distraught to notice her son’s skeletal condition.

No one could stop Father Bobby from visiting.

News of his Saturday arrival was always presented with a stern warning, delivered by Nokes, to keep the conversation on a happy note. He warned us not to tell Father Bobby anything and that if we did, reprisals would be severe. He assured us that we belonged to him now and that no one, especially some priest from a poor parish, could be of any help to us.

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