Deeply poignant and astonishingly personal this ampampquotmoving story of a death in Tennesseeampampquot Bill Moyers shows hope can endure grace can redeem and humanity can existeven in the darkest of placesIt was a clash of race privilege and circumstance when Alan Robertson first signed up through a church program to visit Cecil Johnson on Death Row to offer friendship and compassion. Alans wife Suzanne had no intention of being involved but slowly through phone calls and letters she began to empathize and understand him. That Cecil and Suzanne eventually became such close friendsa white middleclass woman and a Black man who grew up devoid of advantageis a testament to perseverance forgiveness and love but also to the notion that differences dont have to be barriers.This book recounts a fifteenyear friendship and how trust and compassion were forged despite the difficult circumstances and how Cecil ended up ministering more to Suzannes family than they did to him.