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    Wildflowers in the Median: A Restorative Journey into Healing, Justice, and Joy

    By Agnes Furey and Leonard Scovens

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    About this ebook

    When Agnes Furey lost her forty-year old daughter Pat and six-year-old grandson Christopher to homicide in 1998 at the hands of Leonard Scovens, words could not describe the hole left in her heart. Even so, rather than hate, Furey chose peace, and she reached out to Scovens in prison.

    Wildflowers in the Median tells the story of their journey of restoration. Through a collection of poems, vignettes, and letters, both Furey and Scovens pour out their emotions and reflections. It is a tale not of forgiveness, but of understandinga story of a survivor of crime and a criminal finding communion as each struggles with grief and suffering, eventually coming to terms with their spiritual identities and a desire to help others in similar circumstances.

    A valuable testament to the human heart and its capacity to love, Wildflowers in the Median shows how grace was found in the aftermath of a tragedy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 9, 2012
    ISBN9781475953695
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    Wildflowers in the Median: A Restorative Journey into Healing, Justice, and Joy
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    Agnes Furey

    AGNES FUREY is a nurse retired from thirty years in addiction treatment. She is a victim advocate with the Tallahassee Police Department and cofounder of Achieve Higher Ground, a restorative justice organization based in Tallahassee Florida. She lives and teaches in Tallahassee. LEONARD SCOVENS is cofounder of Achieve Higher Ground and creator of Higher Ground, a restorative justice program being implemented in the Florida Department of Corrections. He is serving a natural life sentence.

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