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My beloved world debuted at the top of the new york times best seller list for hardcover nonfiction for the week of february 3, 20, a position it retained for several weeks. January 12, 20 in sonia sotomayors new memoir, my beloved world, the associate supreme court justice opens up about her childhood in the bronx. Jun 20, 2018 sonia sotomayor is writing a book for tweens, and more supreme court revelations. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting justice, 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.
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