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'The Redemption of Bobby Love' explores a long-buried story of prison escape

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In January 2015, police and FBI agents showed up at the Brooklyn apartment of Bobby and Cheryl Love. It turns out that Bobby — a devoted husband and father — was also an escapee from a North Carolina prison.

We revit Jane Clayson’s conversation with the two of them about their book, “The Redemption of Bobby Love: A Story of Faith, Family and Justice,” written with Lori L. Tharps.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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