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In the Sanctuary of Outcasts
Neil White
A Memoir
William Morrow
June 2009
On Sale: June 2, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0061351601
EAN: 9780061351600
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Daddy is going to camp. That’s what I told my children. A
child psychologist suggested it. “Words like prison and jail
conjure up dangerous images for children,” she explained.
But it wasn’t camp . . . Neil White, a journalist and magazine publisher, wanted the
best for those he loved—nice cars, beautiful homes,
luxurious clothes. He loaned money to family and friends,
gave generously to his church, and invested in his
community—but his bank account couldn’t keep up. Soon White
began moving money from one account to another to avoid
bouncing checks. His world fell apart when the FBI
discovered his scheme and a judge sentenced him to serve
eighteen months in a federal prison. But it was no ordinary prison. The beautiful, isolated
colony in Carville, Louisiana, was also home to the last
people in the continental United States disfigured by
leprosy. Hidden away for decades, this small circle of
outcasts had forged a tenacious, clandestine community, a
fortress to repel the cruelty of the outside world. It is
here, in a place rich with history, where the Mississippi
River briefly runs north, amid an unlikely mix of leprosy
patients, nuns, and criminals, that White’s strange and
compelling journey begins. He finds a new best friend in
Ella Bounds, an eighty-year-old African American double
amputee who had contracted leprosy as a child. She and the
other secret people, along with a wacky troop of inmates,
help White rediscover the value of simplicity, friendship,
and gratitude. Funny and poignant, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is an
uplifting memoir that reminds us all what matters most.
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