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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Walking After Midnight: One Woman's Journey Through Murder, Justice & Forgivenessby: Katy Hutchison  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $18.96 You Save: $5.99 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362.88 EAN: 9781572245037 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1572245034 Label: New Harbinger Publications Manufacturer: New Harbinger Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 263 Publication Date: 2006-10 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Studio: New Harbinger Publications Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: "Many people who have been harmed or wronged often feel that to respond with non-violence and forgiveness is to be weak. As Katy Hutchison reveals here, to forgive and seek reconciliation not only requires even more strength than a resort to force or retaliation, but also ensures deeper, more far-reaching beneficial consequences for all concerned. I am sure her remarkable story will serve as an inspiration to others by beset by grief and loss as she was." -The Dalai Lama On New Year's Eve, 1997, Bob McIntosh left his family and friends at the dinner table to check on a disturbance at a neighbor's house. He never came home. Savagely beaten by an unknown assailant, McIntosh died that night at a local hospital, leaving behind his wife and twin four-year olds. While authorities searched for McIntosh's killer, his wife, author Katy Hutchison, began the slow process of rebuilding a life for her children and herself. Refusing to be defined by her husband's murder, she moved to a different town, pursued a new career, and eventually remarried-but, with questions about her husband's death still unanswered, the healing Hutchison longed for was slow in coming. In the spring of 2002, authorities arrested a young man named Ryan Aldrigde for the murder of Bob McIntosh. On hearing the news, Hutchison startled investigators by asking to meet the man who had killed her husband. She didn't take satisfaction in seeing Aldridge in custody, nor did she want to rail against him for the harm he had inflicted on her and her family. Instead, she wanted to learn from him why he had attacked McIntosh and what she could do to help stop incidents like it from happening again. In a letter she sent to Aldridge after his arrest, Hutchison offered this remarkable sentiment: "All I want for you is what you took from Bob-a happy and productive life." Walking After Midnight tells a story at turns devastating and triumphant, a unique exploration of one woman's courageous response to tragedy that challenges our expectations about grief and loss. It's an inspiring account of the power of forgiveness, compassion, and a different kind of justice. "An excellent primer for handling loss with intelligence and dignityÂ…an antidote to the endless cycles of violence that consume too many lives and too many countries." -Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., author of Forgive for Good and director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects "A remarkable story of tragedy and transcendence. Not everyone who walks this road will make the choices Hutchison did, but all will recognize the intersections and obstacles she encounters along the way. And no one who reads this story can dismiss the authenticity and passion with which it is told." -Howard Zehr, founding theorist of restorative justice, professor of restorative justice at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding of Eastern Mennonite University and author of Changing Lenses Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A popular pick for any public lending library.On New Year's Eve in 1997 a father left his dinner table to check on a disturbance at a neighbor's house - and never came back. He was killed by an unknown assailant and left behind his wife - author Katy Hutchison - and twin four-year-olds. Katy moved to a different town, made a life for herself, remarried - but always lived with questions about her husband's murder, until in 2002 police arrested a suspect. Her decision to meet with the man who had killed her husband led to new revelations and makes ... Read More Rating: - Walking after MidnightKaty shares her poignant story about the murder of her husband and the reconciliation with Ryan, the young adult responsible for her husbands' death. Together, Katy and Ryan now speak to international audiences about the positive affect reconciliation and forgiveness has on their lives and those around them; and the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse. Katy's work introduces and supports victim/perpetrator reconciliation programs in prisons. The book underscores one of the most important ... Read More Rating:  - A Powerful Story but the Writing Could be BetterIn a world where an "eye for an eye," and a "tooth for a tooth" is often the law of the land, it is a welcomed relief to read a book about forgiveness and reconciliation, especially after a horrendous act of murder. A young man who was drunk at the time brutally and senselessly murdered Katy Hutchinson's first husband, Bob, on New Year's Eve in 1997. No one could have faulted the author had she called for the full force of the law to come down on the killer and send him away to prison for life. Instead, ... Read More 
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