My beloved world Sonia Sotomayor

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-.

Sotomayor, Sonia.

Hispanic American judges--Biography.

Hispanic American judges.

Hispanic American women--Biography.

Hispanic American women.

Judges--United States--Biography.

Judges.

United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, 2013.

Summary:

"An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she took with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. She describes her resolve as a young girl to become a lawyer, and how she made this dream become reality: valedictorian of her high school class, summa cum laude at Princeton, Yale Law, prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.'s office, private practice, federal district judge before the age of forty. She writes about her deeply valued mentors, about her failed marriage, about her cherished family of friends. Through her still-astonished eyes, America's infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-discovery and self-invention, alongside Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Needles

At home

Abuelita

Gilmar's goodbyes

Trips to Puerto Rico

Papi's death

El luto

Celina's story

Transformation

Diabetes, Nancy Drew, Perry Mason

Middle school

Transition to CSHS, first job

Co-op city / high school

Forensics club, Celina starts hostos

College dreams

Princeton

Abuelita's death

Puerto Rican identity

Pyne prize, graduation, wedding

Yale

Morgenthau recruiting

D.A.'s office : learning the ropes

Divorce

Found families

Child porn, Tarzan, Nelson's death

PRLDEF, pro bono

Pavia and Harcourt

Diabetes, personal growth

Judge.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book."--T.p. verso.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

ISBN:

9780307594884 (hardback)

0307594882 (hardback)

OCLC:

793578874