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My beloved world / Sonia Sotomayor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2013.Description: 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780345804839
  • 034580483X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.732634092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • B KF 8745 S718m 2013
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.
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 a new in this book.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) B KF 8745 S718m 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000120976
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B KF 373 K96 1996 My life as a radical lawyer / B KF 8745 B817U 2009 Louis D. Brandeis / B KF 8745 M369D 1992 Thurgood Marshall : warrior at the bar, rebel on the bench / B KF 8745 S718m 2013 My beloved world / B KF 8745 S718mi 2013 Mi mundo adorado / B KF 8745 S718 2010 Sonia Sotomayor : una sabia decisión / B KKT 110 G245f 2011 La fuerza de la razón /

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

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.

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 a new in this book.

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