{"product_id":"the-valley","title":"The Valley","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere were two days to Christmas and Lewis felt like everything was spinning out of control. He wondered what he would say to the judge this time. His client, Rikihana, was already on multiple shoplifting charges. What’s a few more? Lewis thought. These supermarkets were still making a killing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s late 2020. Rikihana Wallace, a prolific shoplifter of no fixed abode, is back in prison with little chance of bail. Nathan Morley, unemployed, is facing burglary charges and hoping his other, as yet undetected, offences don’t catch up with him. Lewis Skerrett, their overstretched legal aid lawyer, is trying to do right by them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe culmination of over two years of field research and hundreds of hours of interviews,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Valley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows these three Hutt Valley men through courtrooms, prison, hospital, rehab, boarding houses and welfare offices. Told largely in verbatim dialogue, this up-close and personal account brings the realities of the New Zealand criminal justice system to life through the voices of those who experience it first-hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 488 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: BWB Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: May 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781991033949\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookety Book Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42245620400183,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/files\/The-Valley_HR-v3.jpg?v=1779597125","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-valley","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}