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Product Description This #1 New York Times bestseller is not just a book about a trial. It's a book about a woman. Marcia Clark takes us inside her head and her heart. Her voice is raw, incisive, disarming, unmistakable. Her story is both sweeping and deeply personal. It is the story of a woman who, when caught up in an event that galvanized an entire country, rose to that occasion with singular integrity, drive, honesty and grace. In a case that tore America apart, and that continues to haunt us as few events of history have, Marcia Clark emerged as the only true heroine, because she stood for justice, fought the good fight, and fought it well. Review It's not especially original or well written, but by the last page you'll feel as burnt out, beaten up, and victimized as Marcia herself. You'll also feel strangely exhilarated . Tough prosecutor Clark, accustomed to victory, finds out she might not be as different from battered wife Nicole Brown Simpson as she originally thought. -- Entertainment Weekly, Dana Kennedy This capacity for single-minded passion drives Ms. Clark's outsized persona as a brainy, sexy, brash, foulmouthed, inhale-without-apology, post-feminist, workaholic-but-maternal, tough-but-vulnerable female. And throughout her book that passion hints at a story that never quite emerges--an epic of disastrous confrontation with America's heart of darkness, centered on the metaphorical resonance of the Simpson trial. -- The New York Times Book Review, Ellen Willis About the Author California native Marcia Clark is the author of Guilt by Association, Guilt by Degrees, Killer Ambition, and The Competition, all part of the Rachel Knight series. A practicing criminal lawyer since 1979, she joined the Los Angeles District Attorney s office in 1981, where she served as prosecutor for the trials of Robert Bardo, convicted of killing actress Rebecca Schaeffer, and, most notably, O. J. Simpson. The bestselling Without a Doubt, which she cowrote, chronicles her work on the Simpson trial. Clark has been a frequent commentator on a variety of shows and networks, including Today, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, and MSNBC, as well as a legal correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. A fifth generation California, Teresa Carpenter lives in San Diego within miles of her extensive family and knows with their help she can accomplish anything. She takes particular joy and pride in her nieces and nephews who are all bright, fit, shining stars of the future. If she s not at a family event, you ll usually find her at home reading orwriting her next grandromance.