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A Story of Sisterhood, Survival, and Finding Freedom Behind Bars
Random House Digital, Inc.
March 2011
On Sale: March 8, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 0307592138
EAN: 9780307592132
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
"When I decided to look, I found more love and compassion
than I ever imagined existed. Most significantly, I found
forgiveness. I might even call it redemption."
On July 4, 1990, eighteen-year-old Stacey Lannert shot and
killed her father, who had been sexually abusing her since
she was eight. Missouri state law, a disbelieving
prosecutor, and Stacey’s own fragile psyche conspired
against her: She was found guilty of first-degree murder and
sentenced to life without parole.
Redemption is Stacey’s candid memoir of her harrowing
childhood and the pain and protective love of her sister
that led her to that horrifying night. It is also an
extraordinary portrait of what happened after she found
herself in prison and how she grew determined to live
positively, even triumphantly, despite her circumstances.
Ultimately, and most profoundly, she learned the healing
power of forgiveness.
After spending as many years in prison as she had out of
it, on January 10, 2009, outgoing Missouri governor Matt
Blunt commuted Stacey’s life sentence. Six days later she
walked out of the gates a free woman.
Redemption is the story of how Stacey learned to be free
while living behind bars. It is a coming-of-age story set in
a parallel universe of a maximum-security prison. And, it is
a story of sisterhood, courage, and justice finally served.
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