{"product_id":"defense-of-an-other-9781912262250","title":"Defense of an Other","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefense of an Other\u003c\/em\u003e begins in the French Quarter with a day in the life of a young lawyer named Matt Durant gone horribly awry. After a few beers, Matt works up the courage to visit a gay bar, where he meets a stranger named Joey Buckner. When Matt and Joey duck into an alley behind the bar to take a leak, three drunks target them for a hate crime and beat up Joey, which forces Matt to attack and kill one of the men. Matt is then arrested for murder, thrown in Orleans Parish Prison and calls his boss for help, forcing him out of the closet. The novel then follows the course of his trial and explores its consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefense of an Other\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut novel from a trans, practicing lawyer born and raised in Louisiana, who graduated from Dartmouth College and then became the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. Her seventeen year career has included a one-year clerkship for the appellate court with jurisdiction over Louisiana federal trial courts and 16 years of civil litigation. Heavily influenced by political fiction like Bryce Courtenay's \u003cem\u003eThe Power of One\u003c\/em\u003e, in \u003cem\u003eDefense of an Other\u003c\/em\u003e southern storytelling meets the gritty legal realism of Law \u0026amp; Order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clink Street Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912262250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Grace Mead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769625055413,"sku":"9781912262250","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f353d96c-3663-426b-98fe-f170fffed61a.jpg?v=1678833428","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/defense-of-an-other-9781912262250","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}