It’s #PubDay for John Wood Sweet’s THE SEWING GIRL’S TALE, selected for the cover of this week’s Sunday Book Review! In what NYT calls an “excellent and absorbing work of social and cultural history,” Sweet offers a riveting drama of the first published rape trial in America—and its shattering aftermath. THE SEWING GIRL’S TALE brings a seventeen-year-old seamstress out from the shadows of history to tell a vital story of our nation’s past and present through remarkable historical detective work. Sweet recounts in vivid detail Lanah Sawyer’s decision to charge a man with rape at a time when there was virtually no precedent for doing so, leading to a raw courtroom drama, riots in the streets, and vigorous public debate over class privilege and double standards. The case attracted the nation’s top lawyers, including Alexander Hamilton, and shaped the development of American law. Now, two centuries later, Sweet reveals how much has changed—and how much has not. Read the brilliant review by Tali Farhadian Weinstein online at the link in our bio or pick a print copy. Stunning art by the talented E S Kibele Yarman.