My Own Words
Ratings23
Average rating3.8
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Ratings23
Average rating3.8
The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—“a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fascinating life of one of our generation's most influential voices in both law and public opinion” (Harper’s Bazaar). My Own Words “showcases Ruth Ginsburg’s astonishing intellectual range” (The New Republic). In this collection Justice Ginsburg discusses gender equality, the workings of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution. Throughout her life Justice Ginsburg has been (and continues to be) a prolific writer and public speaker. This book’s sampling is selected by Justice Ginsburg and her authorized biographers Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams, who introduce each chapter and provide biographical context and quotes gleaned from hundreds of interviews they have conducted. Witty, engaging, serious, and playful, My Own Words is a fascinating glimpse into the life of one of America’s most influential women and “a tonic to the current national discourse” (The Washington Post).
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This book was delightful and informative. It wasn't anything I expected it to be - it's literally speeches, dissents, opinions, and other snippets of RBG's work over the years - but it provided great insight into major court cases and how she managed her life and career.
Not sure that an audiobook is the best format to listen to her early writing and speeches. Perhaps will give this another shot in physical form. Doesn't detract my pure love for her, but after reading kid & teen bios of her, I was ready for her memoir, and this isn't it (yet).
It look me a bit to read this, but it was worth it. I have always admired Justice Ginsburg, but reading her biography has added many more layers of respect. The audiobook enhanced my reading experience, as hearing her and her husband's speeches in addition to clips of various opera performances helped make this a richly textured biography.
My understanding of the court's procedures and her philosophies on said procedures were greatly expanded during my reading of this biography. Justice Ginsburg has made history being a champion of sex and race-based discrimination; what better read for Women's History Month?
I borrowed this from the library and renewed it again and I still only got about a quarter of the way through. There is good here, but this is a mix of speeches and essays. In the audiobook that works its way out as clips from her, her husband and others speeches and then professional narrators reading the essays. Ginsburg is a clear, but dry writer. But she is a super slow and dry speaker. That doesn't mean I wouldn't be glad to hear her speak in person. But many of these speeches are pretty low-quality recordings and her age and natural speaking style is SLOW and very deliberate.
There are lots of other things I am trying to read and listen to right now and this keeps ending up at the bottom of the list. So I am giving up.
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