Sleep Toward Heaven by Amanda Eyre Ward

Thought provoking and engrossing. How do you forgive the unforgivable? The lives of three women are intertwined due to the callous actions of one.

The novel details the lives of women on death row and briefly discusses the actions that caused them to get there (many of which we have seen in the headlines) along with giving a visual of the friendship and life of being an inmate on deathrow. Ward draws you into her novel and makes you anxious to turn the page to see what will transpire next.

Her writing and story lines give you a view on the death penalty. It might not change how you feel but it gives the person in the cell waiting for the eventual execution a degree of humanity.

This novel tells a tale of sadness, loneliness and hope.


Grade: A-