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Handle with Care
Handle with Care
Jodi Picoult | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
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Jodi Picoult does it again!!!
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After the snot fest that was my Sisters Keeper, I was expecting Handle With Care to be any different. The story is sort of the same being a sort of medical/courtroom book.

I really enjoyed the book but felt a bit cheated as I didn’t cry. I’m not going to spoil the book but the ending had the potential to start me off but it was quite sudden that the.book was over before I could blub. Def worth trawling through it though it is hard going in a heartbreaking kind of way
  
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Sep 15, 2021  
Sneak a peek at The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens, a biography, by Chrysta Castañeda and Loren Steffy on my blog. This book sure does look interesting!

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
T. Boone Pickens, legendary Texas oilman and infamous corporate raider from the 1980s, climbed the steps of the Reeves County courthouse in Pecos, Texas in early November 2016. He entered the solitary courtroom and settled into the witness stand for two days of testimony in what would be the final trial of his life.

Pickens, who was 88 by then, had made and lost billions over his long career, but he’d come to Pecos seeking justice from several other oil companies. He claimed they cut him out of what became the biggest oil play he’d ever invested in—in an oil-rich section of far West Texas that was primed for an unprecedented boom. After years of dealing with the media, shareholders and politicians, Pickens would need to win over a dozen West Texas jurors in one last battle.

To lead his legal fight, he chose an unlikely advocate—Chrysta Castañeda, a Dallas solo practitioner who had only recently returned to the practice of law after a hiatus borne of disillusionment with big firms. Pickens was a hardline Republican, while Castañeda had run for public office as a Democrat. But they shared an unwavering determination to win and formed a friendship that spanned their differences in age, politics, and gender.

In a town where frontier justice was once meted out by Judge Roy Bean—“The Law West of the Pecos”—Pickens would gird for one final courtroom showdown. Sitting through trial every day, he was determined to prevail, even at the cost of his health.

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens is a high-stakes courtroom drama told through the eyes of Castañeda. It’s the story of an American business legend still fighting in the twilight of his long career, and the lawyer determined to help him make one final stand for justice.
     
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American Crime Story Season 1: The People v. O.J. Simpson
American Crime Story Season 1: The People v. O.J. Simpson
2016 | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Performances are all brilliant (1 more)
The script is great
Gripping TV
This retelling of one of the most high profile American crime investigations in recent history is well acted, well written and gripping throughout. Everyone puts in a great performance, from Cuba Gooding Jr as O.J, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian and Sterling K Brown and Sarah Paulson as the prosecuting lawyers.
Whether you think that O.J did what he was accused of is left up to you, but that honestly doesn't really matter here as the show focuses more on the mentality of the main players involved in the case.
If you are a fan of high quality courtroom dramas, then this show is perfect for you.