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• Title:Nothing but the truth : a memoir / Marie Henein.
  
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• Author/Creator:Henein, Marie, 1966- author.
  
• Published/Created:[Toronto] : Signal, 2021.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE416.H46 A3 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Henein, Marie, 1966-
  Criminal defense lawyers--Canada--Biography.
  Women lawyers--Canada--Biography.
  
• Genre/Form:Autobiographies.
  
• Edition:Hardcover edition.
  
• Description:xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"An intimate and provocative memoir by Canada's top (and most controversial) defense lawyer, Nothing But the Truth weaves Marie Henein's personal story with her strongly held views on society's most pressing issues, legal and otherwise. With Nothing But the Truth, Marie Henein, arguably Canada's best and most visible defense lawyer, has written a memoir that is at once raw, beautiful, and hard-hitting, as it tackles the most prescient issues of the day in a deeply personal and honest fashion. Her story, as an immigrant from a tightknit Egyptian-Lebanese family, demonstrates the value of strong role models--from her mother and grandmother, to her brilliant uncle Sami who died of AIDS, to the late and legendary Eddie Greenspan, Marie learned the value of hard work, being true to herself and others, and never compromising because of her sex. Ms. Henein shares here her unvarnished view on the ethical and practical implications of being a criminal lawyer (i.e., forget work-life balance, it's a myth in this line of work), and how the job is misunderstood and even demonized. Ironically, her successful defense of former Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant and then Jian Ghomeshi made her a pariah in some circles, confirming her belief that most of the public's understanding of the justice system is based on popular culture, social and mainstream media, and decidedly not the rule of law. As she turns 50 and struggles with the corrosive effect on women of becoming invisible, Marie doubles down on being even more highly visible and opinionated as she deconstructs, among other things, the otherness of the immigrant experience (Where are you really from?), the pros and cons of being a household name in this country, opening her own boutique law firm, and the likes of Martha Stewart and her toxic brand of perfectionism. Nothing But the Truth is refreshingly honest, intimate, and surprising--a woman at the top of her game in a male-dominated profession who demands to be heard."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• ISBN:9780771039348 (hardcover)
  0771039344 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Beginnings
  From here to there
  Where are you really from?
  Teta
  It's all aboout the glitter
  The liquor control board
  Have a holly, jolly polyester christmas
  Look at the lights, aren't they pretty. Middles
  Maria goes to work
  Does anybody know you're out there?
  Sorry, not sorry
  Take a breath. And end of sorts
  Excuse my dust
  She makes a mean beef stroganoff
  Home.