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Behind the Badge shares memorable stories of dramatic rescues, heart-wrenching losses and awe-inspiring acts of courage by first responders.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Chapters include heart-wrenching accounts of other women inmates’ past lives, and of their physical and psychological torture in prison, including coerced vaginal tests.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Especially moving is the title track, a heart-wrenching ballad in Jesse & Joy’s signature style.
—Luisa Calle, Billboard, 23 May 2025
These heart-wrenching images are given greater political context as Farsi films her laptop in between calls (or while waiting for Hassona to call back, after a call has been dropped) while news videos about Gaza and Israel play on loop.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2025
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Chapters include heart-wrenching accounts of other women inmates’ past lives, and of their physical and psychological torture in prison, including coerced vaginal tests.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Especially moving is the title track, a heart-wrenching ballad in Jesse & Joy’s signature style.
—Luisa Calle, Billboard, 23 May 2025
These heart-wrenching images are given greater political context as Farsi films her laptop in between calls (or while waiting for Hassona to call back, after a call has been dropped) while news videos about Gaza and Israel play on loop.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2025
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“Heart-wrenching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-wrenching. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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