02129nam a2200277Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000290008204000180011104200080012904300120013705000240014908200300017310000440020324500390024726000270028630000480031350000420036152011800040360000510158361000770163465000480171165000450175965000470180431334020180316082359.0130325s2013    nyuaf         000 0aeng d  a  2012031797  a9780307594884 (hardback)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aKF8745.S67bA3 201300a347.732634092bS7185m2231 aSotomayor Báez, Sonia María,2Local10aMy beloved worldcSonia Sotomayor.  aNew YorkbKnopfc2013.  aix, 315 p., [16] p. of platesbill.c25 cm.  a"This is a Borzoi book."--T.p. verso.  a"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 warm and honest book, destined to become a classic of self-discovery and self-invention, alongside Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father"--cProvided by publisher.10aSotomayor Báez, Sonia María,d1954-2Local10aUnited StatesbSupreme CourtxOfficials and employeesvBiography.2Local 0aHispanic American judgesvBiography.2Local 0aJudgeszUnited StatesvBiography.2Local 0aHispanic American womenvBiography.2Local