Lovely One: A Memoir

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Synopsis
With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji BrownJackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America’s highest court within the span of one generation.

Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams: from hearing stories of her grandparents and parents breaking barriers in the segregated South, to honing her voice in high school as an oratory champion and student body president, to graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, where she performed in musical theater and improv and participated in pivotal student organizations.

Here, Justice Jackson pulls back the curtain, marrying the public record of her life with what is less known. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don’t look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood.

Through trials and triumphs, Justice Jackson’s journey will resonate with dreamers everywhere, especially those who nourish outsized ambitions and refuse to be turned aside. This moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.

New York Times Bestseller

Copyright:
2024

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
688 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593729915
Related ISBNs:
9780593729908
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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Bookshare Staff
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