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This is a book about the "trial of the century", but it is also about Marcia Clark herself. She takes us inside her head and her heart with a voice that is raw, incisive, disarming, unmistakable. Her story is both sweeping and deeply personal. In a case that tore America apart, and that continues to haunt us as few events of history have, Marcia Clark emerged as a person who stood for justice.

"Unwanted and neglected from birth, Barbara Graham had to overcome the odds just to survive. Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse--offering her too many options of all the wrong kind. Her innate sensitivity left her vulnerable to the harsh realities of the street, where she was left to fend for herself before she reached double digits. Her record of petty crimes spoke to a life that constantly teetered on the brink of disaster. But in 1953,...