Full name: Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption

Authors: Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton, Erin Torneo Year: 2009 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, True crime, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780312599539

Jennifer Thompson was raped at knifepoint by a man who broke into her apartment while she slept. She was able to escape, and eventually positively identified Ronald Cotton as her attacker. Ronald insisted that she was mistaken -- but Jennifer's positive identification was the compelling evidence that put him behind bars. After eleven years, Ronald was allowed to take a DNA test that proved his innocence. He was released, after serving more than a decade in prison for a crime he never committed. Two years later, Jennifer and Ronald met face to face -- and forged an unlikely friendship that changed both of their lives. In their own words, Jennifer and Ronald unfold the harrowing details of their tragedy, and challenge our ideas of memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness. Similar books: I Will Find You by Joanna Connors Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison The Big Tiny by Dee Williams Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz Spilled Milk by K. L. Randis A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard Call Me Tuesday by Leigh Byrne Groomed by Laurie Matthew The Adderall Diaries by Stephen Elliott Once a King, Always a King by Reymundo Sanchez Girls of Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith A Silence of Mockingbirds by Karen Spears Zacharias Loving Natalee by Beth Holloway 4000 Days by Warren Fellows The Exact Same Moon by Jeanne Marie Laskas Bandit by Molly Brodak The Slave Across the Street by Theresa Flores Life on the Outside by Jennifer Gonnerman