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Chapters (65)
  1. Cover
  2. Prologue
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Chapter Forty-Seven
  50. Chapter Forty-Eight
  51. Chapter Forty-Nine
  52. Chapter Fifty
  53. Chapter Fifty-One
  54. Chapter Fifty-Two
  55. Chapter Fifty-Three
  56. Chapter Fifty-Four
  57. Chapter Fifty-Five
  58. Acknowledgments
  59. P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*
  60. About the Author
  61. About the Book
  62. Read On
  63. Praise for Susan Lewis and Her Books
  64. Also by Susan Lewis
  65. About the Publisher

Knowing you has been far and away the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Thank you again for all you’ve done; thanks, Marcy, for saving my life.

Yours,

Archie

As he finished reading, all eyes went to Marcy as she got up from the table and went to fold him in her arms. She held him tenderly as he hid his tears in her shoulder, knowing very well that he didn’t want to say goodbye to her, but he thought it was the right thing to do. There were plenty of others who’d probably feel the same, but she was pretty certain that none of them were here in this garden. She realized that not even Claudia wanted him out of their lives now, or she wouldn’t have gone to fetch him.

Whispering in his ear, she said, “Let me tell you something: if you don’t stay and enjoy this party with us tonight, and you aren’t there to perform with Jasmine on New Year’s Eve, then we might have to take another look at this forgiveness deal.”

Acknowledgments

Most books are not written in isolation, and this one is certainly no exception. I’ve long been intrigued by the concept, difficulty, even impossibility of forgiveness—so when I learned about restorative justice, I was more than ready to find out more.

Whether you as a reader could forgive the crimes committed within this book only you will know. I can’t tell you whether or not I could, because I haven’t been in the same situation. And that is what always resonates deeply with me, the assumption we’d know what we’d do in any given situation without ever having experienced it.

Most of all I would like to thank Dr. Marian Liebmann, OBE, for so much detailed and patient guidance through the process of RJ and the sharing of her expert knowledge. I have bent the rules for the purposes of the story and yet she continued to give support in the way she does for those who benefit so much from it.

I would also like to thank another extraordinary lady, Alex Raikes MBE, Director of SARI (Stand Against Racial Inequality). It was Alex who first introduced me to restorative justice and who paved the way to this book. I have yet to write the story that took me to her in the first place, but I am determined to do it one day.