For twenty years; Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries; a gang-intervention program located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles; the gang capital of the world. In Tattoos on the Heart; he distills his experience working in the ghetto into a breathtaking series of parables inspired by faith. Arranged by theme and filled with sparkling humor and glowing generosity; these essays offer a stirring look at how full our lives could be if we could find the joy in loving others and in being loved unconditionally. From giant; tattooed Cesar; shopping at JCPenney fresh out of prison; we learn how to feel worthy of God's love. From ten-year-old Lula we learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Pedro we understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the darkness. In each chapter we benefit from Boyle’s gentle; hard-earned wisdom. These essays about universal kinship and redemption are moving examples of the power of unconditional love and the importance of fighting despair. Gorgeous and uplifting; Tattoos on the Heart reminds us that no life is less valuable than another.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The Epitome of a Great ManBy Ben RoseWrote a review because no book by Mr. Douglass deserves one star.Among the most eloquent men the 19th century gave us Frederick Douglas was born a slave and died an inspiration. Instead of leaving the America which treated him as a commodity in his youth to start a life or community elsewhere he embraced America and worked his entire life to make American's see it's true potential when it's ostensible values are actually adhered to. After his first wife passed away he married a white woman at a time when ALL the South and some of the North still had anti-miscegenation laws on the book.Lincoln may have 'freed' the slaves but Mr. Douglass helped them understand their inherent worth and dignity.
