PDF Mi mundo adorado / My Beloved World (Spanish Edition) Android

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4. Description La primera latina y tan s243lo la tercera mujer designada a la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor se ha convertido en un icono americano contempor225neo. Ahora, con un candor e intimidad nunca antes asumidos por un juez en activo, Sonia nos narra el viaje de su vida 8212desde los proyectos del Bronx hasta la corte federal8212 en una inspiradora celebraci243n de su extraordinaria determinaci243n y del poder de creer en uno mismo. Esta es la historia de una ni241ez precaria, con un padre alcoh243lico que morir237a cuando ella ten237a nueve a241os y una madre devota pero sobrecargada, y del refugio que una ni241a tom243 de la confusi243n del hogar con su apasionada y en233rgica abuela. Pero no fue hasta que le diagnosticaron diabetes juvenil que la precoz Sonia reconoci243 que, en 250ltima instancia, depend237a de s237 misma. Pronto aprender237a a darse a s237 misma las inyecciones de insulina necesarias para sobrevivir y a r225pidamente forjar un camino hacia una vida mejor. Con personajes de televisi243n como modelo y poca idea sobre lo que en realidad implicaba, Sonia decidi243 ser abogada, un sue241o que la sostendr237a en su improbable recorrido, desde su brillante paso por la escuela secundaria, la universidad de Princeton y la escuela de Derecho de Yale hasta la fiscal237a de distrito del Condado de Nueva York, la pr225ctica privada, y el nombramiento a la Corte Federal de Distrito, todo antes de llegar a los cuarenta a241os. A lo largo del camino vemos como Sonia fue formada por diversas experiencias (como su fallido matrimonio), mentores invaluables, y la versi243n moderna de familia que cre243 con amigos queridos y sus hijos. A trav233s de sus a250n asombrados ojos, las posibilidades infinitas de los Estados Unidos son vislumbradas nuevamente en este libro c225lido y honesto, destinado a convertirse en un cl225sico de la autoformaci243n y el autodescubrimiento. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA 8220searching and emotionally intimate memoir8221 (The New York Times) told with a candor never before undertaken by a sitting Justice. This 8220powerful defense of empathy8221 (The Washington Post) is destined to become a classic of self- invention and self-discovery. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. In this story of human triumph that 8220hums with hope and exhilaration8221 (NPR), she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life. With only television characters for her professional role models, and little understanding of what was involved, she determined to become a lawyer, a dream that would sustain her on an

5. unlikely course, from valedictorian of her high school class to the highest honors at Princeton, Yale Law School, the New York County District Attorney8217s office, private practice, and appointment to the Federal District Court before the age of forty. Along the way we see how she was shaped by her invaluable mentors, a failed marriage, and the modern version of extended family she has created from cherished friends and their children. Through her still-astonished eyes, America8217s infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this warm and honest book.

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