A GOOD DAY TO DIE
What 276 executions taught a death row chaplain about life
by Carina Bergfeldt
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Pub Date May 29 2024 | Archive Date Jan 02 2025
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Description
He is the last person to touch them before they die.
His face is the last they see before they are executed.
He stands there with one last goal: to get them to heaven.
276 TIMES CHAPLAIN Jim Brazzil has sat in death’s waiting room. He has listened to confessions in the eleventh hour. The last moment of the condemned is when everything bubbles up to the surface, and they have to share. Now Jim is the one dying, ready for his last confession.
THE AWARD-WINNING Swedish journalist Carina Bergfeldt and the American prison pastor start a conversation that ends up changing both their lives. He is older, patient, and wise. She is young, restless, and angry.
IN HIS HOUSE in the Texan countryside, their discussions about death and sorrow, hope, atonement, and love create a magical journey.
How are we supposed to live our lives?
Can one always be forgiving?
And what day is actually a good day to die?
Advance Praise
"One of the best books I've read. Borrowed it from the library first and then bought it."
”Brilliant, Bergfeldt! … Touching, uplifting, and awful at the same time."
"It is an easy-to-read book despite a difficult and heavy subject. The author asks the big questions with care and sincerity. The ability to forgive runs like a red thread throughout the book. The great benefit of the book is that reality is not as simple as one often wants to believe and that the coin always has two sides."
"A book to bury yourself in. Whether or not you have a strong faith it is healing to take part of their conversation."
”A touching and disturbing book, but also an experience. Maybe even an awakening.”
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781954938502 |
| PRICE | $4.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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