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My beloved world

"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...

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Main Author: Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-
Other Authors: Moreno, Rita.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Westminister, Md.] : Books on Tape, 2013.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Sotomayor, Sonia, > 1954-
United States. > Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Biography.
Hispanic American judges > Biography.
Hispanic American women > Biography.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Audiobooks.
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" -- from publisher's web site.
Item Description: Compact discs.
Physical Description: 10 sound discs (12 hr. 28 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780307913128 :
0307913120 :
Author Notes: Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York on June 25, 1954. She graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and from Yale Law School in 1979. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York and then at a law firm. From 1992 to 1998 she served as a judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and from 1998 to 2009 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on August 8, 2009. She is the author of the memoir My Beloved World.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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