Reviews of Her Kind of Case by Jeanne Winer

CHAPTER ONE

Someone was knocking on her office door, but Lee didn't move or call out. It was much too early to deal with other people's problems. Her first appointment wasn't scheduled until nine, an hour and a half away, so whoever was knocking so insistently wasn't one of her regular, semi-normal clients.

Her regular clients may have broken the law, perhaps even a very serious law, but they knew about etiquette. You called, made an appointment, and waited downstairs in the beautifully appointed lobby until the receptionist phoned the lawyer and she came down to meet you. So, more likely than not, it was her new court appointment, a client suffering from borderline personality disorder in the first phase of her relationship with Lee: I love you; you're my savior; I have to spend all my time at your feet. Later, in about a month, the second phase would begin: I hate you; you're about to fuck me over; I want a new lawyer.

The knocking stopped and Lee could hear footsteps retreating ...

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1. How do you think Lee's age affected the way she dealt with Jeremy's case? Do you relate at all to her dread of growing old?
2. Throughout the novel, Lee trusts her gut with multiple decisions she makes. Has there ever been a time in your life when you went with your gut rather than your head?
3. Lee is very independent, and a bit of an introvert. She routinely turns down invitations to go out with friends, like Carla and Peggy. Would you consider yourself more of an introvert or an extrovert? If you were Lee, would you have gone to the bar with Carla, or gone home alone?
4. Lee works incredibly hard to defend suspects in some pretty serious cases. She mentions one in which she won a lesser sentence for a mother who smothered her baby to ...

Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers!

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Did you agree with Lee's decision to call Rab to the stand? Has there ever been a moment in your life when you took a great risk that ended up paying off?
I can't think of a risky decision I have made. I don't consider myself a risk taker. Lee is a risk taker but it's so much easier to take a risk when you're not the person who will suffer the consequences. Lee trusted her gut and in this case it ... - sharalynnep

Did you appreciate Jeremy's loyalty or resent it? Do you think that you would be as loyal as Jeremy, or turn on your friends to save yourself?
I feel that Jeremy's view of loyalty was skewed due to his bad family life and the replacement of the "gang" as his family. He was also very naive and young. It is easy to see this as an adult and as a reader, I neither appreciated it or resented ... - scgirl

Do you have a Dan of your own, someone who is an adversary at work, but whom you still greatly respect?
My job was a little bit different. As a classroom teacher, collaboration was essential for what we hoped to accomplish. Additionally, we shared many of the same values with regard to helping kids and wanting them to learn. While our individual ... - acstrine

Do you have any hobbies that help prevent one thing taking over your life?
Yes, I have hobbies. I love to sew and I love to read. Both of these things relax me. I also belong to things going on at our senior center. I go to a lunch ladies group and go to coffee and conversation once a week. I also go to a book group and... - nancyh

Do you have hope for Jeremy? What kind of future do you imagine for him?
I do have hope for Jeremy. He has found a group of like minded people who will support him in his recovery. He is a good person that will need extensive therapy to cope with grief. He had the strength to do the right thing in the case. He was ... - jant