Creator: Ellie Boatman
ISBN: 1598000586
It was Charles Dickens who mentioned in his famous novel Oliver Twist, “the law is an ass,” and probably in some scenarios we would have to concur with him. Even so, what is even far more alarming is when judges are larger asses when they exhibit judicial bias or they abuse their extensive discretionary powers that is accorded to them in just the loved ones court process. They could even, in sure occasions, glance the other way when there is a issue of attorney ethics. All of this leads to a violation of due approach that every single citizen is entitled to below our democratic legal method. These kinds of denial of justice was expert by Ellie Boatman Conger, principal protagonist in Ellie Boatman’s debut novel, Unbridled Injustice.
Numerous authors have turned to fiction to provide a beacon of enlightenment in understanding bitter struggles in the course of dark occasions, and Boatman is no exception, as she works by using this genre extremely properly in narrating how 1 girl from Kentucky experienced been wronged by the judicial program.
Set against Lexington Kentucky’s equestrian local community, the novel tells the tale of Ellie, who immediately after vacationing for a 7 days in Florida with shut buddies, comes dwelling at the airport only to be greeted with a divorce petition from her partner Roy. This will come as quite a shock to a female who thought that lifetime could not be sweeter. Immediately after all, she experienced a few excellent youngsters, a productive spouse, a magnificent house and farm that involved numerous prized ponies, and the respect of her hometown social group.
On the other hand, all is not as it appears and as Ellie asserts, “from time to time our life are like sleepwalking. When we eventually awaken we have no idea exactly where we are and even much less how we managed to get there.”
Shortly just after obtaining the divorce petition, Ellie finds herself embroiled in extremely horrible and pricey judicial proceedings that could necessarily mean the decline of custody of her kids to her spouse. To even further aggravate this frightful condition, Ellie regrettably engages a young and inexperienced attorney, who was not much too swift on his feet and consequently is outmaneuvered by the unethical tactics and devious habits of his opponent, who uses each individual trick in the book to make daily life depressing for Ellie. Introducing a minor extra drama into the narrative is the grotesque possibility of child molestation that is disregarded by a judge, who has her very own agenda, and a lazy social employee assigned to the circumstance.
For a 1st time writer, Boatman displays a excellent deal of assurance in her story- telling capabilities, while at situations the pony display scenes use a bit slim, slowing down the rate of the novel. Nonetheless, this tricky-hitting narrative is a website page turner not only mainly because of its plot, but also the potent information it conveys. Conger gets top marks for her clarity and richness of voice, all of which add to the reader’s ease in empathizing with Ellie’s anger and despair, as she fights the at times unfairness of the judicial procedure in get to get the custody of her youngsters. In the end, does justice prevail?
