{"product_id":"book-ikkf","title":"Sister in Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain's foremost lawyers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor more than quarter of a century, Harriet Wistrich has fought the corner of people from all walks of life let down by our justice system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe has been at the forefront of some historic and ground-breaking legal victories, from helping the victims of taxi driver and serial rapist John Worboys, to representing a pioneering group of the women caught up in the 'spy cops' scandal - women deceived into forming long-term relationships with men later revealed to be undercover police officers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLitigation can be a long and rocky path of pitfalls and dead ends and there are defeats as well as gains, hours of painstaking work as well as courtroom drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt takes collaboration, extraordinary tenacity and huge compassion, but Harriet Wistrich is proof that it is possible to demand better justice and to bring about important change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExploring landmark cases,\u003ci\u003e Sister in Law \u003c\/i\u003ecovers the shocking true stories demonstrating that, terrifyingly often, the law is not-fit-for-purpose for half the population and shines a feminist light on the landscape of arcane laws and systems skewed towards men.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a\u003cb\u003e brilliant and important\u003c\/b\u003e book. Harriet is a trailblazer and has done so much to get justice for so many women.' - Victoria Derbyshire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompelling, inspiring, horrifying and humbling\u003c\/b\u003e in equal measure. Everybody should read it.' - Professor Dame Sue Black, author of \u003ci\u003eAll That Remains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Every feminist should know Harriet Wistrich's name. \u003cb\u003eThere is no one better \u003c\/b\u003eto learn from if you want to Get Shit Done.' - Helen Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eDifficult Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003eshocking, sobering and galvanising\u003c\/b\u003e account of her astonishing legal career fighting for women in a legal system that is all too often stacked against them' - Caroline Criado Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2024 Harriet Wistrich (P)2024 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397322318128,"sku":"BDikkf","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ikkf-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776565490","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ikkf","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}