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Lovely One

A Memoir

by Ketanji Brown Jackson
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her “vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational” (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

“A billowingly triumphant American tale.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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.

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    September 3, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593729915

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      October 15, 2024
      The first Black female Supreme Court justice shares her story. At first blush, the title of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson's memoir may seem like an exercise in extreme solipsism. But as every review and article and interview about this book will point out, the title is the English translation of the author's first and middle names, Ketanji Onyika. That is merely the first captivating thing readers will learn about Jackson, who by any objective measure is one of the most interesting people to serve as a Supreme Court justice.Relatable is perhaps not an adjective one would associate with someone who not only is a member of the nation's highest tribunal but also holds undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard, clerked for the man whom she would replace on the court, and performed as an improv comedian. But it fits, and Jackson is deftly equal to the task she set before herself in writing with candor about her ambition and inspirations, work-life balance (she is married to a surgeon who happens to be a descendant of a delegate to the Continental Congress), and perseverance in ignoring naysayers. Jackson's memoir will inevitably be compared to books written by her colleagues on the court. It might not have the gripping narrative of Clarence Thomas'My Grandfather's Son, but it is far more dynamic than the prose of Sonia Sotomayor'sMy Beloved World. Since everything in contemporary American life is politicized, the right may automatically dismiss Jackson's memoir as DEI dreck from an activist judge, while those on the left may hail it as the greatest autobiography by an American public figure since Ulysses S. Grant's. Neither is correct. What Jackson offers, however, is a well-written, intriguing, and quintessentially American story about a fascinating woman who is truly the embodiment of what is possible in the United States because of its freedoms and in spite of its flaws--lovely indeed. A terrific memoir.

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    • Library Journal

      October 18, 2024

      Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writes about her life, following her family's experience with segregation through her history-making appointment to the court. Along the way, she details her hopes and dreams as a child, her upbringing, her education, and her experiences in the legal profession. Prepub Alert.

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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