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Prima Facie by Suzie Miller
5.0
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No

Far out. A must read. 

A story of the difference between legal truth and actual truth. 

“Why do we believe consent exists until it is taken away? … could we not start with asking … What did he do to determine consent existed in the first place?

The novel of the award winning play, this is an expertly structured story of a defence barrister skilled at defending sexual assault cases who ends has to decide if she will testify about her rape despite the minuscule probability of such cases succeeding.

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