My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayor - (EPUB全文下载)

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THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2013 by Sonia Sotomayor
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
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Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
All photos are from the author’s personal collection, except for the last photo in the photo insert, which is by Steve Petteway, courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954.  My beloved world / Sonia Sotomayor.       p. cm.   eISBN: 978-0-307-96216-4   1. Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954– 2. Hispanic American judges—Biography. 3. Hispanic American women—Biography. 4. Women judges—Biography. 5. Judges—United States—Biography. 6. United States. Supreme Court—Officials and employees—Biography. I. Title.   KF8745.S67A3 2013   347.73’2634092—dc23   [B]
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Jacket photograph by Elena SeibertJacket design by Peter Mendelsund
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Preface
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Glossary
A Note About the Author
Photo Insert
Perdonadle al desterradoese dulce frenesí:vuelvo a mi mundo adorado,y yo estoy enamoradode la tierra en que nací.
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Forgive the exilethis sweet frenzy:I return to my beloved world,in love with the land where I was born.
—from “To Puerto Rico (I Return),”by José Gautier Benítez
Preface
Since my appointment to the Supreme Court, I have spoken to a wide variety of groups in different settings, answering all sorts of questions. Many people, predictably, have asked about the law, the Court, and my journey as a judge. But many more, to my surprise, have asked about my personal story, curious to know how I had managed and been shaped by various circumstances in my early life, especially the ones that didn’t naturally promise success.
At a conference on juvenile diabetes, a six-year-old asked plaintively if living ............

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