I wish I could give this book higher than a five. Or I wish I could go back to all the other books I've ever rated and knock them down a notch. Nothing I've read before quite matches up to this book. I browsed through some other ratings online, before I started reading the book, and was surprised...
When I was called to the Bar, I proclaimed to all assembled that I wished to plead not guilty, whereupon the jury heard the details of the Crown’s evidence, as shown in my examination before the Justice of the Peace in the Quarter Session in my own town of Maldon.The jury—fine men all, I’m sure—h...
There’s the Southern mom with the two boys that I helped earlier, there’s a family with a mom and dad and twins (one boy and one girl), and a family with a mom, a dad, and one boy. Tons of names to remember, and I’m trying to get them all down, even though they’ll be leaving again in six days, an...
I sat up all night waiting for her. Finally, around eight in the morning, I heard her key in the door. She walked in looking tired and disheveled. She didn’t seem surprised to see me sitting in the living room. ‘Hi,’ she said. She wouldn’t meet my eyes. ‘Hi.’ She just stood there, looking at the ...