As a lawyer, a law professor, a mother and now a novelist, it undergirds all she does. The client’s attorney told Deón that they could settle immediately if she gave the client just $5,000 and paid her, the attorney, $30,000 in fees. I couldn’t go back because I knew there was something wrong with my baby.”Doctors at first seemed to think he was fine, but Deón knew better. It’s all in what’s not said; it’s the stuff that comes in-between.”For Deón, one thing that comes in-between, that fills these silences, is love. In “Grace,” Deón writes, “It's been said that justice is getting what you deserve.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 07, 2016 18:00 UTC