Elizabeth Flock

The Furies reveals the true story of three real-life women who resorted to violence to survive when traditional systems of justice failed them. Brittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, killed a man she said raped her in her own home, but was denied the protection of a self-defence argument. Angoori Dahariya led a gang in Uttar Pradesh, India,...

A searing portrait of three real-life women who used violence to survive when traditional systems of justice failed them. The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them—government, police, courts—utterly failed to do so. Brittany Smith, a young Alabama woman, killed...