Título: Lovely One: A Memoir
Autor: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Sinopse: In Her Inspiring, Intimate Memoir, The First Black Woman To Ever Be Appointed To The Supreme Court Of The United States Chronicles Her Extraordinary Life Story. With This Unflinching Account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson 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.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Lovely One: A Memoir”, de Ketanji Brown Jackson, publicado pela editora Random House Large Print, em 2024 e com 648 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Random House Large Print
Páginas: 648
Ano: 2024-09-03
Edição: Large type / Large print
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 9798217014224
ISBN13: 9798217014224
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Random House Large Print oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que exploram conflitos humanos intensos, muitas vezes ambientados em cenários contemporâneos ou históricos ricos em detalhes. O catálogo privilegia histórias com personagens complexos, que enfrentam dilemas pessoais, familiares ou sociais, em contextos que vão de dramas familiares a thrillers policiais e narrativas de suspense. O tom dessas obras varia entre o emocionalmente denso e o envolvente, com ritmo que pode ser tanto tenso quanto contemplativo, dependendo do foco da trama. A diversidade do catálogo inclui tanto romances que exploram relações e segredos quanto thrillers que mantêm a tensão até o final.
