Hace tan solo una semana Samantha Kofer trabajaba en un prestigioso estudio de abogados de Nueva York. Hoy lo hace gratis en una asesoría legal para gente sin recursos de una pequeña localidad de Virginia. Con la caída de Lehman Brothers, perdió su empleo, su seguridad y su futuro. Este mundo ya no tiene nada que ver con el pasado, cuando se rodeaba de peces gordos y bonos desorbitados. En la actualidad se enfrenta a clientes con problemas reales en las tierras del carbón, donde la ley es diferente y defender la verdad significa poner en peligro la vida. Su nuevo jefe se dedica a demandar a las compañías mineras por los destrozos medioambientales que están devastando la región, y mucha gente lo odia por eso. La vida de Samantha ha dado un giro de ciento ochenta grados.
GRISHAM JOHN
John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive 1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include The Boys From Biloxi, The Judge's List, Sooley, and his third Jake Brigance novel, A Time for Mercy, which is being developed by HBO as a limited series.
Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.
When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.
John lives on a farm in central Virginia.
