Despite me 'pontificating' about literature, I have to admit (once more) that I am currenly engaged in reading not 'true' literature, but 'life writing' in the form of memoirs.
I have finished reading "For the Love of Julie" and can now report that, until I reached the last few chapters, I was unaware that the author, Ann Ming (Julie's mother) was the person who, using her persistence and tireless campaigning, managed to have the 800-year-old 'double jeopardy' rule overturned in the U.K. (It took her 17 years to achieve this - finally also finding justice - as the killer of her daughter was jailed for life).