More Than Half Way Home
A Story of Accompaniment in the Shadows of Incarceration

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"Father Dustin Feddon’s memoir of accompanying prisoners since 2013 is powerful and necessary at a time when grace and mercy have worn thin…Feddon’s descriptions help us see people with deep stories.” Southern Literary Review

“This is a book of both devastating losses as well as new beginnings, of radical companionship…of change through community, companionship, and advocacy.” Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

“Feddon offers a grace-filled account of his years walking alongside those our justice system has condemned…This is a rare and powerful meditation on mercy, presence, and the possibility of redemption.”  Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Devil in the Grove

“A story we should all read and understand…a testament to the power of grace and kindness to heal.” Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy

“Offers a sacred glimpse into what restoration looks like after the ravages of trauma, dehumanization, and alienation; it can renew any world-weary heart.” Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director, Catholic Mobilizing Network

“Like Dorothy Day and so many others, he has come to realize that the answer to the isolation, violence, greed, distrust, and malice that we feel and have toward one another can be reversed only when we form communities like Joseph House.” Bishop William A. Wack, CSC, diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee