You can't go wrong with a John Grisham book - they are always entertaining and this one is no exception. Of course the main character is a lawyer, but this time it is a female. Yay! Her name is Samantha Kofer. She is working insane hours to go up the ladder at her big Wall Street law firm. She really doesn't like the work but she loves living in NYC. And then 2008 happens. She watches as others in the firm get let go. She was lucky - well, sort of. She does lose her job per se but they will pay her insurance for a year if she interns at a non-profit and she may get her job back in a year if things improve. Easier said than done. There are lots of lawyers looking for jobs. In desperation she takes the only offer. It is a legal aid clinic located in a Virginia town of 2200 people in the middle of Appalachia. Having no trial experience Samantha is like a fish out of water. She doesn't think she will last long helping ordinary people with lots of problems and no money.
Before long she is involved in a dangerous situation - taking on the big coal companies. They don't come out looking very good in this book!! I listened to the audiobook and it was well done.
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