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A Memoir
by Neil White
The emotional, incredible true story of Neil White, a man who discovers the secret to happiness, leading a fulfilling life, and the importance of fatherhood in the most unlikely of places—the last leper colony in the continental United States.
In the words of Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler (A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain), White is "a splendid writer," and In the Sanctuary of Outcasts "a book that will endure."
"[Neil White] offers a memoir of personal transformation and a thoroughly engaging look at the social, economic, racial, and other barriers that separate individuals that harden, dissolve, and reconfigure themselves when people are involuntarily thrust together over long periods." —Booklist (starred review)
"Brisk, ironic and perceptive, White's introspective memoir puts a magnifying glass to a flawed life, revealing that all of life is to be savored and respected." —Publishers Weekly
"White's memoir continues to surprise as it presents a witty, well-rendered narrative of redemption and enlightenment. Readers who enjoy clever, off-beat memoirs will devour this in one sitting." —Library Journal
"An earnest chronicle written with equal parts enlightenment and atonement." —Kirkus Reviews
"A surprisingly gentle, sometimes hilarious memoir." —USA Today
"In the Sanctuary of Outcasts was a rare treat for me as I not only learned about this extraordinary place, only whispered about when I was a child, but, even better, was reminded again of what really matters in this life." —Robert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South
"Narrated in an engaging, affable voice with self-deprecating humor, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts is a great American story of personal transformation that leaves White -- and ourselves -- forever changed." —Tom Franklin, author of Smonk
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Neil White is the former publisher of New Orleans Magazine, Coast magazine, and Coast Business Journal. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, where he owns a small publishing company. This is his first book.
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