That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography Of An Innocent Man On Death Row [Paperback]

Finding freedom behind the walls of San Quentin.

Jarvis Jay Masters was set on a dangerous course which eventually brought him to death row. Somehow, within those walls, he now demonstrates divine grace in his daily life and by the cautionary tale he shares within these pages. This amazing, wise man deserves our ear, and our support. —--Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

Forthright about his own failings, Masters truth has brought him reconciliation with his best self. His compelling memoir is a plea for reform, for a common humanity, and I share his hope that this moving story will redouble our efforts to make sure that every child matters. —Desmond Tutu

A real-life The Wire-heartbreaking and harrowing, impossible to put down. A miraculous accomplishment, That Bird Has My Wings captivates, instructs, and inspires as Masters shows how enlightenment can occur even in a place as grim as San Quentin Prisons death row. —David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy

Jarvis Jay Masters moving memoir provides an intimate portrait of the tragic racial inequality in our justice system, and testifies to the need for better education, greater training, and increased opportunity to keep these forgotten youth from ending up in our nations juvenile centers and prisons. Read this book! —Van Jones, founder, The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights & Green for All, and author of Green Collar Economy

All across America, boys are lost to trauma and deprivation. Few of them have given voice to their experience and the redemptive power of spirituality as has Jarvis Jay Masters. —James Garbarino, Ph.D., author of Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and What We Can Do About It

Brave, heartbreaking, redemptive and wise. Jarvis Jay Masters has turned his life into remarkable good medicine. —Jack Kornfield, author oflS%