This isn't your average prison memoir. Incessantly relatable, consistently amusing and unwaveringly honest, "Where Excuses Go To Die" is a slow walk on a long summer day. The anecdotes and stories Nelson shares are unexpected, and those that stay with you long after you've closed the book tell more about your own soul than you'd anticipate.
The writing itself is smooth and clever, and I was left trying to decide which sentence was my favorite in each chapter. A few included:
"I decided he was about as cerebrally deficient as a person could get without simply flopping over and dying." (134)
"That afternoon, I felt like I was doing prison right. And how I served my sentence, I realized, was worth defending." (159)
"The room was like a giant treestump; I was counting its rings." (237)
Don't miss this book.
-Erin Egloff
The writing itself is smooth and clever, and I was left trying to decide which sentence was my favorite in each chapter. A few included:
"I decided he was about as cerebrally deficient as a person could get without simply flopping over and dying." (134)
"That afternoon, I felt like I was doing prison right. And how I served my sentence, I realized, was worth defending." (159)
"The room was like a giant treestump; I was counting its rings." (237)
Don't miss this book.
-Erin Egloff
