The headline from a recent review of my book in the Chicago Tribune made my heart sink. It said, "Getting their day in court: Human Drama missing from look at Cook County public defenders and their clients."
The headline didn't accurately reflect the review, which wasn't reallly a bad one. In fact, it was generous in many ways. But the paper chose a headline based on the last sentence of the review, and that seems unfair. Only in that last sentence did the review make reference to the so-called missing human drama. But to say the book lacks human drama seems incongruous with the rest of the review. The entire book is a human drama from page one until the end - with a capital murder case at its foundation. If that's not human drama, I don't know what is. Even the reviewer cites example after example of dramatic stories and anecdotes within the book. Hmmmm.
Well, it';s just one person's opinion. A lone voice among the many who have praised the book. The press has been very good to me so far, for which I'm very grateful. On to the next.
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