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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.
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At first as I saw the number of pages, 500-, I thought this book should have been read within 2 days. But when my estimation was put into actual practice, I found the book is much more intriguing for me to speed up. As this is the first time her name co...
评分At first as I saw the number of pages, 500-, I thought this book should have been read within 2 days. But when my estimation was put into actual practice, I found the book is much more intriguing for me to speed up. As this is the first time her name co...
评分Picked up this book for some light holiday reading before the CNY. Didn't start until after the festival and then finished it in merely a few days. This woman, the first Hispanic and third female appointed to the U.S. supreme court, is a perfect example of ...
评分Picked up this book for some light holiday reading before the CNY. Didn't start until after the festival and then finished it in merely a few days. This woman, the first Hispanic and third female appointed to the U.S. supreme court, is a perfect example of ...
评分Picked up this book for some light holiday reading before the CNY. Didn't start until after the festival and then finished it in merely a few days. This woman, the first Hispanic and third female appointed to the U.S. supreme court, is a perfect example of ...
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出身波多黎各穷苦家庭，I型糖尿病……内容过于心灵鸡汤了。
评分还是更喜欢看童年经历的部分，比起后面开始讲学术经历和职业发展要真诚很多，感觉后半部分即使触及到了种族／性别歧视、做检察官接触到的社会阴暗面等等，但是由于种种现实因素的牵制还是不能把畅所欲言，总感觉涉及个人感受、家庭等方面的内容更为真诚，而面向公众的一面则会加以粉饰。励志归励志，但是感觉Sotomayor更多地把自己的成功归功于周围人的无私帮助和自己本身的优秀品质，读完整本书的感觉就是一个这样的人“能”成为最高法院大法官，但是好像丝毫不觉得因为她能，大多数人就也能够做到这一点。但是恐怕就像作者说的那样，重要的是梦想在我们身上激发出的东西，而非结果。在学校见到真人感觉很符合书中描述，Q&A环节走下台和全场观众握手，站在学生中间交流，对于性别歧视、种族歧视等问题的回答也十分真诚。
评分跟tolstoy的半小说半自传的Childhood; Boyhood; Youth比，差距大。作家和法官写自传，差别真大。
评分sincere and thought-provoking.
评分Inspiring in a different way
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