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burritapal_1's review against another edition
This is a book about intellectually disabled men who worked for Henry's Turkey Service of Texas, eviscerating and shackling turkeys for Louis Rich. While I was sympathetic to the men's flight, being paid very little for a physically exhausting and nauseating job, I was also horrifie at the plight of the poor turkeys, Shackled when they were already terrorized, dipped in an electrified water bath to stun them, having their necks slit and then dunked in boiling water to loosen their pin feathers. Nowhere was there any pity for these poor intelligent animals in the book. I just couldn't read anymore.
jbraithwaite90's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
disasterchick's review against another edition
3.0
My mom had worked in a nursing home/training center for the mentally challenged. This is a subject near and dear to my heart. This book is very disturbing, but from what I am witnesses the change from making "institutions" vanish and more group living situations this is actually occurring more now than then. Maybe not the abuse of labor as told here, but they are not receiving help and training to help reach potential. My mom's facility received a lot less money per patient and provided, dietitians, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and such. They provided training to help get them into a group home. When you have visibility of a situation there is less chance for abuse. This isn't happening now. This is a group of individuals that society tends to forget and abuse.
gone_awry's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
scherer5127's review against another edition
4.0
It's hard to separate the story from the writing. I feel like if you say the book wasn't 5 stars then the story isn't important. I can't believe that this was all happening for so many years with so many clueless people, or people willing to look the other way. At the same time, they author cycled around many times to tell the same thing. We are our brothers keepers, let us never forget.
tastybourbon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
astuenkel's review against another edition
4.0
Such a heartbreaking story. One of the men would come in the Cedar Falls Public Library and ask for a map of Texas.
biblioventurer's review against another edition
3.0
While not perfect, a powerful and interesting read. I always wanted more about the men, more about their backstories, more about their life after Henry's. I'd also be interested in more about Kenneth Henry and how his life was impacted by all of the settlements and lawsuits. I'd like to think that he and the Neubauers realized what they did wrong, but somehow, given their constantly unrepentant attitudes, I doubt it. I'm just so thankful that the men are in better living situations now. And can we talk about Gene Berg, living independently and being generally awesome?