The People's Lawyer
Lettie Portman, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Thérèse Plummer
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Written by:
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John Ellsworth
About this listen
When the legal system fails to convict an abuser, what do you do?
Meet Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman, a sex-crimes prosecutor whose past demands justice. When a 14-year-old girl is savagely attacked by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Lettie is called to the hospital. There, she meets a sweet young girl whose only goal is to go to school and come home to a safe environment. But mom's boyfriend makes the girl's world anything but safe. Soon, the abuse gets worse, and Lettie, the prosecutor, goes to the grand jury with the case. Two juries later, the abuser is still loose on the streets.
Lettie is no stranger to abuse. She takes matters into her own hands.
Will Lettie's own past interfere with her prosecution of what should be San Diego's Most Wanted? Will she be able to make peace with her own abuse and move on to become the hard-hitting prosecutor the young girl deserves right now? Is hope on the horizon?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Elizabeth L
- 2024-01-19
Disappointing take on an important topic
I really wanted to like this book but found it stretched credulity far too often. There seems to be a real lack of understanding of the criminal justice system and trauma counselling, both of which feature prominently throughout the book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- DJB
- 2023-01-06
Engaging!!!
Keeps you on the edge, many twist & turns you don’t see coming. Highly recommended
Narrator was excellent too!
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2024-02-03
Execrable PopPsych-fed Farce Of A Story
John Ellsworth starts by getting into the ins & outs of childhood abuse: pitting prosecuting attorney 'Lettie Portman' against 'Slep Stefan', a 2-dimensionally evil abuser with an 11-year-old stepdaughter in his sights. While Lettie navigates a challenging crusade to "keep a child safe", she also attends a support group for survivors, undergoes psychotherapy, and confronts her own abuse at the hands of her stepfather and the effects on her relationships (mom, husband, son).
The first half of the book is reasonably well-written and paced beautifully - but so full of hackneyed statements like "She started self-medicating with drugs and alcohol at 11", "She needs to confront him and *take back her Power*", and "Hypnosis could help you recover repressed memories".. that it sounds like a self-help columnist with 'Cosmo' Magazine wrote the text. I didn't absolutely hate the approach, but it often had my eyes rolling. When it descended into melodrama and the ludicrous (kidnapping, child prostitution, and murder), however, I nearly quit listening.
Thérèse Plummer is "adequate" at best in her narration performance, too. She reads with creditable diction, timbre, cadence, and tone - but subpar male and child character interpretations. Podium Audio cast this project acceptably.. but - at the same time - could have done better.
Altogether, even as a 'Plus' selection,'The People's Lawyer' was a 2.5/10-star waste of time. If you spend a Credit on this, you're an idiot.
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