I hadn't heard that. I've had a Vachss sitting on the shelf
for a while; I think I'll get down to it.
Marianne (card-carrying Lefty)
On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 03:00 AM, RARA-AVIS Digest
wrote:
> Actually it's the writing that finances Vachss' "day
job." He's said in
> numerous interviews that the money he earns from his
books is what
> enables
> him to continue his representation of abused and
neglected children in
> court proceedings. I know here in NY state there's
an outcry over the
> pittance that court appointed lawyers are paid, and
I think Law
> Guardians
> for children are paid even less. Before he started
making money off the
> books he practiced criminal defense part-time to
fund his law practice.
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