Explore My Beloved World Drafted By Sonia Sotomayor In Readable Copy

tightly controlled and endlessly fascinating memoir reveals how Sonia Sotomayor wants us to see her world, She is caught between the desire to show us all where she came from and how she developed into the person who has earned a position as a Supreme Court justice.
And it is clear that no one just accidentally ends up becoming a Supreme Court justice, At the same time readers just cant help admiring the eight yearold girl who learns to take control of her own life and destiny by learning to inject herself with the insulin treatment she needs to control her childhood diabetes.
She realizes she cannot rely on others to take care of her, even her own loving but flawed parents are not fully trustworthy.
But she is ever willing to include those others in her life even as she is fully alone as she chooses her path She is an intellectually gifted child whose family is proud of her great achievements and supports her, even as they do not understand the world she seeks to join.
Yet they take what steps they can, moving to a better neighborhood and assisting her as she chooses her next step.
She attends Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, not exactly a feeder school for the ivies but the best of what is in the neighborhood.
She moves from there to Princeton University, a world well beyond what her childhood friends know, And she moves to the top of her class at Princeton and gains admission to Yale Law School, arguably the best in the country.
She is fully aware of how far she has moved from the loving embrace of her old neighborhood, yet she makes right choice after right choice.
The way she tells it, she may not have always known she would end up on the Supreme Court, yet every step she took prepared her through knowledge, experiences, and connections to be ready for the appointment when it came.


It is always interesting to read the stories and Sotomayor is very conscious as a writer to make sure she shapes her memoir as an exciting story of those of us who travel far from their humble roots into the upper reaches of power and intellect.
Sotomayors story is particularly interesting as she remains

in love with her “beloved world” as she travels so far beyond it.
And she is determined to keep her attachment even as she adds many others, Each step she takes is both considered and planned for, even as she is sometimes amazed at where she has managed to take herself.
An appealing story by someone who simultaneously maintains her distance and hugs us close,
Just about every morning, when I first go out the front door, I proclaim:

Hello, My Beloved World.


I loved every page of this inspiring memoir from one of my favorite ever Supreme Court justices,

Early in the book I woke up a bit more as a reader I began to pay close attention.
You see, Goodreaders, I could tell that this Wise Latina was going to become a teacher to me,

Although, inwardly, I always feel eager to learn and to grow, not every author or memoirist has much to teach me about what I seek most to know: how to be stronger, better, wiser, braver.


But early in this book, I could tell that Sotomayor would be that magnificent kind of teacher to me.


COURAGE UNDER PRESSURE, ALSO, GRACE.

How and why, as a little girl, Sonia learned to inject her own insulin, Was she five then At first I was shocked then the inspiration of this memoir began, Afterward, it never stopped flowing for me,

How surprised and saddened I was to learn how Sonia Sotomayor was given the opportunity to receive an Ivy League education, yet was given so little support for actually succeeding.
I was rooting for her every step of the way, overcoming every obstacle,

Learning this part of Justice Sotomayor's story added to my ongoing pursuit of social justice, beyond some merely theoretical kind of equality under the law.


IN CONCLUSION

I recommend this memoir to all of us readers who aim to make something of our lives, and to all of us who seek to truly help others.


If, like me, every single day you seek to do that better, I have a hunch you will not be disappointed, I hope that you, too, will relish every single page of that uniquely ennobling memoir, "My Beloved World, " I admire Sonia Sotomayor, born inof Puerto Rican lineage, she grew up in the Bronx, She shared the poverty and squalor off many of her Hispanic compatriots, Today she is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first Hispanic Supreme Court Judge, She studied at Princeton, followed by graduate studies at Yale, Valedictorian of her high school class, she graduated summa cum laude at Princeton, This is a rag to riches story except that she has never sought financial gain and has instead chosen to work for the good of the Hispanic Community and other minority groups rather than earning huge salaries at private law firms.
To top it all off she has had type one diabetes since, the very same year it was discovered I too have diabetes.
I went to Brown, she to Princeton, So, we shared quite a bit, but in some ways we followed very different paths and are very different people, Of course the book spoke to me,

But why did the author write this book Clearly the point of the book is to inspire others from minority groups who feel that success is not possible.
Her story proves the opposite, Determination and willpower that is what is needed! The book concludes prior to her becoming a federal judge, so do not look to this book to better understand her Supreme Court decisions.
The book shows her interest in helping those who have less, Financial gain is never her goal, and I admire this tremendously,

Most often legal terms are sufficiently explained making the book easy to read for a lay person,

Do you sense my lack of enthusiasm for the book I didn't love the book even if I have difficulty pinpointing what it lacks.
Sonia is methodical and also the book is methodical, It covers family relationships she has a large, but also close Hispanic family, It covers her career choices and explanations are given for why she made the choices she did, It covers her diabetes too, The problem for me was that she isn't a person comfortable about "revealing her soul", She states that she has difficulty “sharing” personal thoughts, and this shows, She holds back. She does give an honest, albeit "cleaned up" version, I felt often there is / must be more here, something is not being said, She is not one to want pity, so she guards personal emotions, What she says about diabetes, . well, either her diabetes is easy to control or something is missing, I similarly reacted to the emotional tumult one feels as a freshman at an Ivy League College, Again something was missing.

Spanish is often not translated and that was difficult for me, There are not large untranslated sections, but I want to understand everything!

The audiobook narration by Rita Moreno was spoton! I kept thinking this IS the author herself speaking!

I felt the author wanted this book to be an inspiration rather than a revelation of who she was.

I was thrilled to be able to attend: A Conversation with U, S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at theAmerican Library Association ALA Annual Conference amp Exhibition in Washington, DC, May,and put her book on my To Read list, Here we are, onlyyears later! I know I am going to enjoy listening to her tell me the story of her life.


From the introduction, "experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true.
Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire, "

Favorite quotes that reveal Sonia Sotomayor's wisdom and depth of character:

"Without acknowledgment and communication forgiveness was out of reach.
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"Look outward as well as inward, Build bridges instead of walls, "

I felt nostalgic for my own first home away from home when I read this: "Home was a living room with a built in storage chest that doubled as a couch.
There was a real bedroom separate from the living room and a tiny cubbyhole of a kitchen, We loved that place. " Further, "It never lost the glow of a first home, the sweet mix of nesting and independence, "

"Ultimately, I accept that there is no perfect substitute for the claim that a parent and child have on each other's heart.
But families can be made in other ways and I marvel at the support and inspiration I've derived from the ones I've built of interlocking circles of friends and in their constant embrace I have never felt alone.
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Finally, Sotomayor is a life long learner: "I have been a happy sponge soaking up whatever lessons I could learn from mentors generous with time and spirit.
" A very cool look into Sotomayors childhood, and everything that led her to the Supreme Court, Shes wise and gives good weight to her own faults and strengths, Her memoir reads like a good story, and the intricacies of law school, courtrooms, and cases are fascinating,

She doesnt shy away from talking about her personal demons, from an alcoholic father and absent mother, to her imposter syndrome made worse by her minority status, and she shows true growth through her years.
Her dedication to be always progressing, always improving, is inspiring, Even if youre not interested in law, its a good read just in terms of reading about strong character, By far the best political memoir I've read since Condoleezza Rice's Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family, It doesn't diminish these political women's careers that they write so intimately about their families or refuse to mythologize their minority ragstoriches stories.


Sotomayor is immediately likable and increasingly admirable in this genuine working class hero's tale, It's about time women of accomplishment wrote classics about selfinvention in the American landscape,

From an eightyear old diagnosed with juvenile diabetes who had to teach herself about nondisposable syringes and daily injections of insulin, to the "wise Latina" valedictorian at Princeton and effective Supreme Court justice, Sotomayor retains a wonderful scrappiness.


Highly recommended!.