- washington dc, politics, supreme court, suspense
Avery, a promising young law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn, becomes her boss's power of attorney after he falls into a coma. As Justice Wynn held a powerful swing vote, Avery suddenly finds herself having to make difficult, high profile decisions.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Stacey Abrams
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Doubleday, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593469514
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