The Resource My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor
My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor
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The item My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wilmington Memorial Library.
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- 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 ... book"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- ix, 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780307594884
- Label
- My beloved world
- Title
- My beloved world
- Statement of responsibility
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Subject
-
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Hispanic American judges -- Biography
- Hispanic American women -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges
- Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-
- United States, Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Judges -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- 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 ... book"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sotomayor, Sonia
- Dewey number
-
- 347.73/2634092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- KF8745.S67
- LC item number
- A3 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Sotomayor, Sonia
- Hispanic American judges
- Hispanic American women
- Judges
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1384148
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- ix, 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307594884
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012031797
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1384148
- (OCoLC)793578874
- Label
- My beloved world, Sonia Sotomayor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1384148
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- ix, 315 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307594884
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012031797
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1384148
- (OCoLC)793578874
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Hispanic American judges -- Biography
- Hispanic American women -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges
- Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-
- United States, Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Judges -- United States -- Biography
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