Lawrence Wright’s ‘Redemption’ explores faith and Texas death row

Wall Street Turkish - International (English) · Oct 20, 2026 · 1m

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lawrence Wright’s latest book, “Redemption,” centers on seven women incarcerated on Texas’s death row and the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, a contemplative religious community in Waco. The nuns started visiting the prisoners in 2014 after a deacon requested they do so. According to Wright, his goal was to investigate whether individuals who had committed grave offenses could find redemption, rather than focus solely on the topic of the death penalty. He portrays how both the women on death row and the sisters influenced each other’s lives, while also looking…