My Beloved World
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| Author | Sonia Sotomayor |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Pre-judicial life of author |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
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Publication date
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January 15, 2013 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) Audio (CD, Audiobook) Digital (eBook) |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | |
| 347.73/2634092 | |
| LC Class | KF8745.S67A3 2013 |
My Beloved World is a memoir written by Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic justice on the United States Supreme Court, about her childhood, education, and life through 1992.
In July 2010, Sotomayor agreed to publish a memoir, described as "a coming-of-age" book by publisher Alfred A. Knopf, for which she received an advance of nearly $1.2 million. A simultaneous Spanish-language edition was contracted to Vintage Español. Literary agent Peter W. Bernstein represented Sotomayor.Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, stated, "Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world. Hers is a triumph of the Latino experience in America."
Sotomayor modeled her approach towards the memoir after Barack Obama's "Dreams From My Father". It was written by her speaking into a tape recorder and then using the services of Zara Houshmand, an Iranian-American poet, in doing the actual writing. The title comes from a line by José Gautier Benítez, a Puerto Rican poet of the Romantic era in the 19th century.
In recounting her early life, Sotomayor describes growing up in a housing project in the Bronx to Puerto Rican emigrants. Her father was an alcoholic who died when she was nine, and she was subsequently cared for in large part by her grandmother. She tells of developing diabetes at the age of seven and learning to give herself her insulin injections due to the unreliability of her parents. Despite numerous odds, she relates her experiences in becoming valedictorian of her high school class, attending Princeton and then Yale Law School, working for the New York County District Attorney, and finally being appointed a federal judge in New York.
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