INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A critically acclaimed, intimate and no-holds-barred memoir by
Canada's top defence lawyer, Nothing But the Truth weaves Marie
Henein's personal story with her strongly held views on society's most
pressing issues.
Marie Henein, arguably the most prominent lawyer in the country, has
written a memoir that is at once raw, beautiful, and altogether
unforgettable. Her story, as an immigrant from a tight-knit
Egyptian-Lebanese family, demonstrates the value of strong role
models--from her mother and grandmother, to her brilliant uncle Sami who
died of AIDS. She learned the value of hard work, being true to herself
and others, and unapologetically owning it all.
Marie Henein shares here her unvarnished view on the ethical and
practical implications of being a criminal lawyer, and how the job is
misunderstood and even demonized. Ironically, her most successful cases
made her a "lightning rod" in some circles, confirming her belief that
much of the public's understanding of democracy and the justice system
is based on popular culture and social media, and decidedly not the rule
of law. As she turns fifty and struggles with the corrosive effect
becoming invisible has on women, 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 commoditization of women's
previously unpaid labour popularized by the likes of Martha Stewart.
Nothing But the Truth is refreshingly unconstrained and surprising--an
account by a woman at the top of her game in a male-dominated world.
