The Trial of Abigail Goodman

Synopsis

Howard Fast, one of America's truly masterful storytellers, turns the most widely debated issue of our day into a compulsively readable novel for our time. In the not-so-distant future, abortion is a crime punishable by death. This is the fascinating premise of best-selling novelist Howard Fast's powerful and provocative new novel, The Trial of Abigail Goodman, which depicts the harrowing legal battle one woman must wage when she exercises her right to choose. When Abigail Goodman, a forty-one-year-old wife, mother, and professor of Women's History at Hilden University, finds herself pregnant for a third time, she faces one of the most agonizing and important decisions she will ever have to make. With her two children grown and her newly rekindled career a success, Abigail chooses finally to terminate her pregnancy. A few weeks later, Abigail is arrested and indicted under a law that retroactively makes abortion a capital offense. In the trial that follows, Abigail finds herself fighting, not only for her right to choose, but for her very life. Filled with driving suspense and powerful emotion, The Trial of Abigail Goodman plays out with vivid and frightening realism one of the most important and controversial issues of our day. HOWARD FAST, who has published more than eighty books, has never shied away from controversy. During the McCarthy era he was one of many writers blacklisted for his beliefs. In addition to writing fiction and nonfiction, he is a columnist for the Greenwich Times and the Stamford Advocate.

Copyright:

1993

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780517595022

Publisher:

The Crown Publishing Group

Date of Addition:

06/03/22

Copyrighted By:

Howard Fast

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

Submitted By:

Evan Reese

Proofread By:

Lori C.

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.