Held hostage

Held hostage

by Ken Cooper

2009

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While Ken Cooper lived with his wife and two children and worked as publicity director for a Christian college, he was leading a double life--as a felon. With a vivid, you-are-there style, this former gentleman bank robber takes readers on a journey through years of armed robberies, the dramatic shooting that ended his career, the horrors of prison, and a soul ultimately finding peace. Without fear or embellishment, Cooper openly shares the darkest moments in his life. Yet in these moments he finally meets God and ends up becoming a bright light in a horrendous prison system. From adrenaline-pumping true-life crime to an experience of God's gentle love, readers won't be able to put down this gripping memoir of transformation and God's grace.

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  1. 1

    How does Ken Cooper’s outward life as a family man and Christian college employee contrast with his internal reality, and what does this duality suggest about the secrets people keep?

  2. 2

    In what ways does Cooper use pacing and detail to recreate the adrenaline and tension of his criminal past, and how does this style draw the reader into his moral compromises?

  3. 3

    If you found yourself in a conversation with Ken during the height of his double life, what do you think would have been the hardest truth for him to admit to himself?

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