The Love Prison Made and Unmade: My Story Audiobook (Free)

With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, an extraordinary memoir of a woman who falls deeply in love with an incarcerated man-a poignant story of hope and disappointment that lays bare the toll prison takes not merely on those behind bars, but on the families and associations.

Ebony’s parents were senior high school sweethearts and married adolescent. By the time Ebony was created, the relationship was disintegrating. As a little girl she witnessed her parents’ brutal verbal and physical battles, fueled by about The Love Prison Produced and Unmade: My Tale her father’s alcoholism. After that her father attempted to destroy her mother.

Those experiences drastically affected the way Ebony viewed love and set the pattern for her long term romantic relationships. Despite being an informed and strong-minded female determined not to do it again the mistakes of her parents-she could have a fairytale love-Ebony found herself attracted to bad-boys: guys who cheated; males who verbally abused her; guys who disappointed her. Fed up, she swore to hold back for the partner God select for her.

Then she met Shaka Senghor. Though she felt an intense spiritual connection, Ebony battled with the idea that this man behind pubs for murder could be the good love God got for her. Through letters and trips, she and Shaka fell deeply in love.

Once Shaka came home, Ebony thought the worst was in it. But Shaka’s launch was the beginning of the end.

The Love Prison Made and Unmade is heartfelt. It reveals powerful lessons about like, sacrifice, courage, and forgiveness; of living your highest principles and learning not to judge somebody by their most severe acts. Ultimately, it really is a stark reminder from the emotional cost of American justice on human being lives-the partners, wives, children, and friends-beyond the prison walls.