The Law According to Lidia Poët

April 1887: Enrico became a member of Parliament, frequently traveling between Rome and Turin with Teresa, and he managed to bring Lidia’s law to committee. Lidia is impatient, but she knows she has to trust her brother. Meanwhile, she continues seeing Fourneau, though, of course, she has no intention of committing, marrying, or making their relationship public. Fourneau has been promoted: he’s now working at the Court of Assizes, and his big test to prove his worth is a murder case against a woman accused of killing her husband. The problem is that the defendant is Lidia’s dearest friend, Grazia Fontana, whose trial, centered on self-defense, will shake public opinion and their personal relationships. Jacopo, back in Turin with his new partner, decides to stay in town to cover what quickly becomes the most sensational and controversial trial of the time, in which Lidia and Fourneau find themselves on opposing sides. Proving that an abused wife killed in self-defense is a monumental challenge, perfect for Lidia: will she be able to convince an all-male jury to acquit Grazia Fontana, arguing that the real crime lies in the violence endured? And when it comes to her own heart, will she continue to believe that Fourneau is the right man for her or will she finally find the courage to embrace the relationship with Jacopo she’s always denied herself? Is it possible to rebalance the relationship between the sexes? And if politics won’t help, and society resists change, can we at least change things in our own lives? The Law According to Lidia Poët once again rekindles our hope.