title: The Book of Distinguished American Women
author: Vincent Wilson Jr
description: The spine is not even creased. Crisp, clean pages. No writing, highlighting, underlining.
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  _A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she’s in
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  – ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  From Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  Scottoline's previous thrillers (Dead Ringer; Courting Trouble; etc.) have
  featured the women of the all-female Philadelphia law firm Rosato and
  Associates, and have concerned the usual elements of murder, stalking, bribery
  and corruption. This novel by the former trial lawyer and Edgar Award winner,
  while embracing the requisite ingredients, is especially engaging because of
  its personal angle: growing out of Scottoline's discovery of her own
  grandparents' alien registration cards, the book involves the case of an
  Italian-American who was interned during WWII. Amadeo Brandolini emigrated
  from Italy to Philadelphia, where he started a family and worked as a
  fisherman. When the war broke out, the FBI arrested and imprisoned him (along
  with 10,00