Devoured this book between breakfast and lunch this morning. I am overcome with so many emotions, anger, sadness, shock, to name a few. The Matthew Shepard story is one I will never forget because this was a boy my age, we were born 2 days apart. This is a boy who was senselessly beaten and left for die simply because he likes boys. To me this is not something I can understand. I just read Leslea Newman 's book Ocotber Mourning and pairing it with this has added a whole new insight into his life. Both books left me crying and hoping that some day we won't have stories like these. I loved Shepard's fathers brutal honest statement to the defendants. I felt like he got soMuch out of his system. I felt the release of anger he had for the offenders. It was the best way to tell them what was on his mind. He was in a safe environment where the offenders had no choice but to listen to him. It sounded like he was ready to heal but needed to get his voice heard of what he was truly feeling in order to heal from his son's death.
I loved this book, his mother did a wonderful job on this book. Very sad, but great read...
—anu
I had to stop reading it at least 4 times to avoid crying my eyes out.
—Cindy
So powerful. I cried the whole time.
—Alexx
AMAZING book but very sad
—OLGYS
RIP Matthew.
—Jan
