{"product_id":"9781925095098","title":"Silent Shock: The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family's Long Road to Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe baby started to come out. Head first, everything OK. But then I saw that there were no arms. And then no legs. The little girl had only a torso and a head.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy was given a new wonder drug for morning sickness called thalidomide.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor fifty years the Rowe family cared for Lyn. Decades of exhausting, round-the-clock work.  But then in 2011 Lyn Rowe launched a legal claim against the thalidomide companies. Against the odds, she won a multi-million-dollar settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormer journalist Michael Magazanik is one of the lawyers who ran Lyn’s case. In \u003ci\u003eSilent Shock\u003c\/i\u003e he exposes a fifty-year cover up concerning history’s most notorious drug, and details not only the damning case against manufacturers Grünenthal—whose enthusiastic promotion of their lucrative drug in the face of mounting evidence beggars belief—but also the moving story of the Rowe family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanning Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Sweden and, of course, Germany, \u003ci\u003eSilent Shock\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic account of corporate wrongdoing against a backdrop of heroic personal struggle and sacrifice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Magazanik\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a journalist for the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAustralian\u003c\/i\u003e and ABC-TV, and is now a lawyer with Slater \u0026amp; Gordon. He lives in Melbourne with his partner and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Magazanik exposes myths and concealments on a grand scale… A compelling read. Highly recommended.’ \u003ci\u003eBookMooch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Magazanik—a lawyer on the Rowes’ legal team and a former journalist—has woven an extraordinary story…Magazanik has moulded [the Rowes'] story into a modern Australian myth, the battlers who took on the pharmaceuticals and won.' \u003ci\u003eAge\/Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A harrowing read of the damage wrought by this infamous drug.’ \u003ci\u003eWA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A frightening account of secrets in the pharmaceutical industry and the inspiring story of a family and their legal team that just wouldn't give up.’ \u003ci\u003eLaw Society Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eSilent Shock\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, important book…Magazanik does an excellent job.’ \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137467891952,"sku":"9781925095098","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925095098_p0.jpg?v=1763634255","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925095098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}