I loved it!!
The Dirty Dozen is about female empowerment but in a not so arrogant and snub way.
It's full of action with Jane being the first female detective on this Flying Squad; selected because she fits the bill for an experiment not on merits; but not always welcomed in with open arms.
Determined to show the men up and prove them all wrong she takes on some heavy hitters in the crime world and shuts them all down.
With passion, intensity, and a sense of worthiness this one is truly unique and special in its own right.
Sadly it's all too common these days for women to have to prove themselves worthy of the simplest of tasks.
In fact as a side note for the author I had just returned from my own test of will when upon entering my church that I've served as a minister of hospitality since 2016 & as a member of this church even longer for roughly 18 yrs it was a shock when the male ushers ganged up on me including the male priest (all white older men except for the priest who was younger by almost ten years to me) decided to harass, alarm, and annoy while trying to intimidate me into silence and submission.
I will explain it this way: The men have been male ushers since the dawn of time. So when I arrived after a missing some time due to having scheduled back surgery which resulted in iron infusions and B12 injections due to severe anemia the major back surgery for infusion of spine among other things was put on hold.
I went to church the past two Sundays with the idea I'd do what I always did serve the Lord in any capacity including as a female ushers which I've done numerous times over the years w/o problem.
However, apparently this time the same men who know me from my years of service decided they weren't having it and called the priest the previous Sunday prior to my arrival and complained.
Not because of my service but merely based on ego they were crushed they couldn't participate since I took up collection and refused to step down.
Therefore when I arrived on the 11th of this month they were waiting armed like gaggle of geese and had the priest threaten me with police action if I didn't step down.
Like air I rose up (thank you Maya Angelou) and Nevertheless I persisted!
It led to a delay in Sunday Mass some tense moments and two grown men trying to rip a basket out of this mom of three teens hands.
I couldn't believe this was happening much less in a house of worship.
A Christian Church no less.
Needless to say I contacted the rectory immediately following mass to talk to the other priest who was serving the mass on the 4th who noticed many women compliment my work as the only female usher and also to ask if they too could serve as female ushers.
Ironically on the 4th the priest noted the more the merrier.
I guess they weren't so merry on the 11th the very next Sunday as this all occurred. Upon contacting the Bishops office I was told a schedule would be drawn up and that I should reintroduce myself as if that's my job.
I'm not one for reintroducing myself when I've been serving in that capacity for the past 3 yrs. Ironically no apology nor having the priest step down from his position was offered.
I thought long and hard and having escaped an abusive marriage feel it's best I simply no longer attend where I'm not welcome and feel at ease.
Church is not meant to be full of stress, anxiety, threats, intimidation, bias, and ego.
So yes, this does happen even in the 21st century and it happened the same day I read this amazing book.
Thank you for bringing light to this dark subject.
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