That Bird Has My Wings: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

About this book

That Bird Has My Wings is the astounding memoir of death row inmate Jarvis Masters and a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit and the talent of a fine writer. Offering scenes from his life that are at times poignant revelatory frightening soul-stirring painful funny and uplifting That Bird Has My Wings tells the story of the authors childhood with parents addicted to heroin an abusive foster family a life of crime and imprisonment and the eventual embracing of Buddhism.