
Picking Cotton
Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
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Narrated by:
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Richard Allen
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Karen White
Two years later, Jennifer and Ronald met face to face - and forged an unlikely friendship that changed both of their lives. In their own words, Jennifer and Ronald unfold the harrowing details of their tragedy, and challenge our ideas of memory and judgment while demonstrating the profound nature of human grace and the healing power of forgiveness.
©2009 Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton (P)2009 TantorListeners also enjoyed...




















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What did you love best about Picking Cotton?
I liked that each chapter presented the different stories of Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton.Who was your favorite character and why?
Ronald Cotton's sprituality and patience were very attractive. I cheered at each step of his journey to personal freedom.Which scene was your favorite?
I liked when Ronald Cotton met Jennifer's children.While it may have been tense, the scene when Ronald and his new wife first met with Jennifer was a well reported chapter.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
It was moving to see Ronald as he learned he was to be set free.Any additional comments?
Reconciliation is much needed in today's world. Ronald and Jennifer showed us all the way and that it is possible.Great Witness of Reconciliation and Forgiveness
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Excellent Read!
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Picking Cotton
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Read for School- loved it
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Great Book!!!
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Amazing Book - Sad Story, Good Ending
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If you could sum up Picking Cotton in three words, what would they be?
Heart-wrenching, heart-warming, layeredWhat was one of the most memorable moments of Picking Cotton?
The description of Ronald Cotton's decision to not use a shiv in prison on an intended enemy. Based on advice from his father.What does Richard Allen and Karen White bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Richard Allen's voice is mellifluous and entrancing. He does a first-class job of presenting that his character is flawed but innocent and that he retains hos hope and dignity through and unjust system and process.Karen White makes her character - whom readers could so easily dismiss as an antagonist - a hero in her own right. She helps us to understand how a very "good" person could be the principal agent in assisting something "bad" to happen.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
I listened to this book while training for a long-distance walking event and could literally forget about the 100 degree heat and sweltering humidity and walk for 2, 4, even 6 hours entranced in the story.Any additional comments?
This book explores very complex issues that arose from a true-life situation that can only be described as a no-win situation for its victims involved. But these people gutted it out and survived to go on and find true happiness and friendship together. I cried in sadness, anger, fear, and ultimately in heartfelt cheer. Who needs fiction when we have such rich and layered true life stories. Stories everybody should hear and know.Story and reading are layered and complex
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i like the idea of this memoir
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