- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060561629
- ISBN-13: 978-0060561628
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.3 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,118,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the newspaper, they print statistics about the use of deadly force: how many civilians have been killed by police officers in Baton Rouge in the last year, the last twenty years. Read the first page
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Format:Hardcover
Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You is the best collection of short stories I have ever read about policewomen. In fact, they are among the best police stories I have read, as well. Unlike much of the popular fiction about women who are private detectives, Ms. Drummond deals with the gritty reality of real police work. Having been a uniformed officer for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana police department, she can draw on lots of experience to bring us into the reality of this line of work. More importantly, she is a gifted writer who is able to put sensory and emotional experiences into words in ways that will assault and overwhelm your own senses and emotions. It's an impressive first book by an author who has great things ahead of her.
One of the strengths of her stories is that she engages you with five different police officers who have vastly different backgrounds and experiences. What they all have in common is that they are caring people who want to do the right thing, and are true to their female perspectives. These are not men masquerading as women, as much detective fiction is.
I had to ration myself with the stories. I wanted to read them straight through, but knew that I would probably not read as fine a collection of stories this year . . . so I took one a night. The pleasure from each story was palpable.
The stories have a tough edge. It's not possible to do police work without being affected by it . . . and facing up to limitations that will scar one both physically and emotionally. The last two stories about Sarah are as remarkable as any short stories I have read. I hope that Ms. Drummond turns them into a novel. I want to find out what happens next in Sarah's life.
As I finished the book, I came away hoping that more fiction will honestly portray the real-life experiences of women in difficult jobs.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A Powerful New Voice for Policewomen
3 Feb 2004
Format:Hardcover
Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You is the best collection of short stories I have ever read about policewomen. In fact, they are among the best police stories I have read, as well. Unlike much of the popular fiction about women who are private detectives, Ms. Drummond deals with the gritty reality of real police work. Having been a uniformed officer for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana police department, she can draw on lots of experience to bring us into the reality of this line of work. More importantly, she is a gifted writer who is able to put sensory and emotional experiences into words in ways that will assault and overwhelm your own senses and emotions. It's an impressive first book by an author who has great things ahead of her.
One of the strengths of her stories is that she engages you with five different police officers who have vastly different backgrounds and experiences. What they all have in common is that they are caring people who want to do the right thing, and are true to their female perspectives. These are not men masquerading as women, as much detective fiction is.
I had to ration myself with the stories. I wanted to read them straight through, but knew that I would probably not read as fine a collection of stories this year . . . so I took one a night. The pleasure from each story was palpable.
The stories have a tough edge. It's not possible to do police work without being affected by it . . . and facing up to limitations that will scar one both physically and emotionally. The last two stories about Sarah are as remarkable as any short stories I have read. I hope that Ms. Drummond turns them into a novel. I want to find out what happens next in Sarah's life.
As I finished the book, I came away hoping that more fiction will honestly portray the real-life experiences of women in difficult jobs.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Stunningly good insight into being a female cop
7 Feb 2004
Format:Hardcover
In a stunning collection of short stories and novellas, author and former female cop Laurie Lynn Drummond describes life as experienced by female police officers. She writes of women who must come to terms with death, their first killing, the emotional overload of the violent, hard-drinking life of a cop, and of women who struggle for balance between following the rules and doing what's right.
Drummond's writing is very strong, filled with imagery that packs an emotional wallop while strengthening rather than weakening the narrative story line. In many of the stories, not much is really happening. A woman cleans her weapon and thinks about her life--and ending it. Another woman remembers killing a man. In other stories, Drummond uses more conventional narrative structure. In every case, however, the real story is that of being a cop, a woman in a man's world, and a human forced to wrestle with silly little rules at the same time she is putting her life at risk.
Every word in ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU feels real, packed with emotional impact, and heartfelt. This is one of those books you'll want to spend time with, savoring the stories and the feelings behind them. Well done, Laurie Lynn Drummond.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Real Police Women Be Recognized!
24 Feb 2004
Format:Hardcover
Laurie, we love you! We can't wait for your next book!
I am a newly retired female police Lieutenant and I can tell you this book was written about me (and many other policewomen I have had the honor to work with) during my 25 year career.
Two of my best friends (other retired/former policewomen) and I have discussed so many of our memories after reading this book. It was healing for all of us! It brought back memories and helped us confront the situations we had tried to forget for years!
Another reviewer from LA wrote about some other author's book as if the other author was a "real" police officer. Let me go on record as saying: Laurie Lynn Drummond was a REAL Police Officer who handled REAL cases and lived with the REAL consequences of her career choice of Law Enforcement!
God Bless You Laurie Drummond for giving my heart a voice! It has been a long time coming...
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to see the reality of what female officers face on a daily basis.
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