The Lasting Harm
Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
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The Lasting Harm
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Madeleine Leslay
WINNER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
WINNER OF THE DAVITT AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DOUGLAS STEWART PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD
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'I understand – and sympathise with – the feeling you might have that you already know the Jeffrey Epstein story. But I am not here to tell you a story about Jeffrey Epstein, or even Ghislaine Maxwell. I am here to tell you the stories of ten women, many of whom have never spoken at length before, about the real impact of sexual trauma on their lives'
In November 2021, Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of five counts of sex-trafficking of minors, and now faces twenty years in prison for the role she played in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of four girls. The trial was meticulously covered by journalist and legal reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley, one of the only reporters allowed into the courtroom every day.
The Lasting Harm is her account of that trial, a gripping true crime drama and a blistering critique of a criminal justice system ill-equipped to deliver justice for abuse survivors, no matter the outcome.
Giving voice to four women and their testimonies, and supplemented by exclusive interviews, The Lasting Harm brings this incendiary trial to life, questions our age-old appetite for crime and punishme
©2024 Lucia Osborne-Crowley (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers