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My beloved world / Sonia Sotomayor.

By: Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013Edition: 1st ed.General Notes: "This is a Borzoi book.".Description: ix, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307594884 (hbk.); 0307594882 (hbk.).Subject(s): Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954- | United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography | Hispanic American judges -- Biography | Hispanic American women -- Biography | Judges -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 347.73/2634092 | B
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: Presents the life of the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court. The author 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, and about her cherished family of friends.
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"This is a Borzoi book."

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.

Presents the life of the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court. The author 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, and about her cherished family of friends.

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