Book Review: My Name Is Molly

Molly O’Rourke has taken quite a fall, from a lucrative civil practice with a top firm to defending criminals as a public defender. The recession is allegedly the culprit, but that excuse fades as she also loses her fiancé and her apartment in quick succession. After years of living a sheltered and privileged life, Molly is suddenly immersed in the ice water of reality: a “joke” of an office, complicated clients, unpredictable colleagues, and the terrors and joys of the courtroom. Along the way she learns why many of her fellow defenders never considered another line of work.