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Iphigenia In Forest Hills: Anatomy Of A Murder Trial (2011)

by Janet Malcolm(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0300167466 (ISBN13: 9780300167467)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: I enjoyed this book, even though it felt more like a long-form magazine article than a proper book. Like, I think, most readers, I was made uncomfortable by the parts where the author inserted herself into the story -- contacting a lawyer in the middle of the trial, for example. Mostly, though, I want to know what happened; the book ends abruptly, with no resolution to some of the competing allegations or who ended up with custody of Michelle.
review 2: The fascinating story of the Bukharan Jewish physician who had her husband killed rather than permit him even temporary custody of their daughter. Malcolm concludes that this tragedy was set in motion by the prejudices of a paranoid law guardian for the child. That such an individual could have such power in our... more legal system came as no surprise to me, having seen a similar situation play out in a family guardianship case. less

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