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Soon she was documenting crime scenes, photographing charred corpses, and digitally retouching the disembodied heads of suicide bombers. But it was facial approximation—sculpting a face from the remnants of an unidentified victim's skull—that intrigued her the most. Bailey knew that if she could capture that person's likeness in clay, she just might help them be identified, and that might help law enforcement track down their killer.
Bailey worked on hundreds of cases and grew to become a subject matter expert in the field. It was the most challenging and fulfilling work she could have imagined, and she never thought of leaving. But her life changed when she became the target of sexual discrimination and harassment. She was stunned when FBI management protected the abusers and retaliated with threats, slander, and an arsenal of lawyers. Trapped in an increasingly hostile work environment, and infuriated at the hypocrisy of the FBI's tactics, Bailey decided to fight back. Clay and Bones is a memoir with a mission, and a fascinating exploration into the surreal and satisfying work of a forensic artist.
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February 20, 2024 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798855503838
- File size: 235438 KB
- Duration: 08:10:29
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Christina Delaine narrates with such an engaging conversational tone that listeners will feel they're active participants in this memoir by the FBI's first female forensic sculptor. One minute Delaine urges listeners to prepare for a grisly discussion of forensics practices; the next she's describing hostile bullying by a male manager. The range of the material is broad, and Delaine complements each scene with an apt interpretation. She reflects Bailey's marvel at the near-magical path she followed to find her career, neutrality while describing the many clues skulls provide for facial approximation, and horror at how institutional sexism threatened to rob her of work she loves. Delaine embraces it all with passion whether the subject is satisfying scientific and artistic breakthroughs, employment discrimination, hypocrisy, or justice. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
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