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Christine Blasey Ford (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)
I remember pretty much everything about September 27, 2018. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford had recently gone public with credible accusations of sexual misconduct by then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and the 27th was the day she testified. It was powerful testimony, and for a brief moment in time it looked like Kavanaugh wasn’t going to make it to the High Court. Then, slowly, the depravity of the right wing sunk in as they were determined to move forward with Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Soon we’ll get to learn what it was like from the inside. In March 2024, Blasey Ford’s memoir will be published.
In One Way Back, Ford recounts the months she spent trying to get information into the right hands without exposing herself and her family to dangerous backlash. Drawing parallels to her life as a surfer, she explains the process of paddling out into unknown waters despite the risks and fears, knowing there is only one way back to shore. The book reveals riveting new details about the leadup to her testimony and its overwhelming aftermath and describes how she continues to navigate her way out of the storm.
This is the real story behind the headlines and the soundbites, a complex, page-turning memoir of a scientist, a surfer, a mother, a patriot and an unlikely whistleblower. Ford’s experience shows that when one person steps forward to speak truth to power, she adds to a collective whole, causing “a ripple that might one day become a wave.”
The book seems destined to become many a book club’s selection and something I’m personally eager to read.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter @Kathryn1 or Mastodon @Kathryn1@mastodon.social.
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