Barnett, Brittany K – A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, a

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A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and FreedomAuthor: Barnett, Brittany KPublication Date: 08\/03\/2021Format: Paperback\nBrittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life foreverthat of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of Americas devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parolefor a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, asthe daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother.As she studied this case, a system came into focusin whichwidespread racial injustice forms the core of Americas addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharandas plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom.This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharandas case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself.Brittanys riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both.