Love in Action

When Truus Geraets meets Dawud at the Jackson Prison in Michigan in 1979, he has already served ten years of his sentence. But the two feel an immediate connection; they rejoice in the fact that fate has brought two people of such different backgrounds and circumstances together-Dawud in a prison in America, having grown up in a dysfunctional family, and Truus Geraets, born and raised in the Netherlands in a family guided by spiritual principles. In Love in Action, the author speaks frankly about the reality of waiting for thirty years for a true soul mate who spends most of those years in prison. She tells of her personal engagement in his transformational process from a career criminal into a person who has a burning desire to give back to society.

Dawud's letters to Truus present the true essence of what it means to be an "inmate" and a "number." In addition, Geraets exposes the disaster of a prison system in America which incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. Love in Action demonstrates that true transformation is possible and communicates hope instead of fear.

Cand Truus Geraets il intalneste pe Dawud la inchisoarea Jackson din Michigan in 1979, el a executat deja zece ani din pedeapsa. Dar cei doi simt o legatura imediata; se bucura de faptul ca soarta a adus impreuna doi oameni de medii si circumstante atat de diferite - Dawud intr-o inchisoare din America, crescand intr-o familie disfunctionala, si Truus Geraets, nascut si crescut in Olanda intr-o familie ghidata de spiritualitate principii.