A Good Day To Die:
What 276 executions taught a death row chaplain about life
by Carina Bergfeldt
Genre: Christian Biography
He
is the last person to touch them before they die.
His face is
the last they see before they are executed.
He stands there with
one last goal: to get them to heaven.
276 TIMES CHAPLAIN Jim Brazzil has sat in death’s waiting room. He has listened to confessions in the eleventh hour. The last moment of the condemned, when everything bubbles up to the surface and they have to share.
Now Jim is the one dying, ready for his last
confession.
THE AWARD-WINNING Swedish journalist Carina Bergfeldt and the American prison pastor start a conversation that ends up changing both their lives. He is older, patient, and wise. She is young, restless, and angry.
IN
HIS HOUSE in the Texan countryside, their discussions about death and
sorrow, hope, atonement, and love create a magical journey.
How
are we supposed to live our lives?
Can one always be
forgiving?
And what day is actually a good day to die?
Praise:
”Brilliant,
Bergfeldt! … Touching, uplifting, and awful at the same time.”
"A book to bury yourself in. Whether or not you have a strong faith, it is healing to take part in their conversation."
”A touching and disturbing book, but also an experience. Maybe even an awakening.”
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CARINA BERGFELDT is an award-winning, best selling author, journalist, and one of the most popular TV hosts in Sweden.
Bergfeldt rose to prominence as a reporter at Aftonbladet, Sweden’s biggest daily newspaper, and then went on to become the US correspondent for SVT, Sweden’s public service broadcaster.
She has won the Great Journalist Award for Storyteller of the Year, Writing Style of the Year, and the Kristallen television Award for Best Host. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate at the Umeå University for her coverage of America.
Carina Bergfeldt has published both fiction and non-fiction books, with translation rights sold to 15 countries.
She lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with her husband and son.
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