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5 responses to “Senior Planet Book Club: My Beloved World”

1. I’ve left a comment but haven’t seen it posted. So I will try again. I find Sotomayor’s strength and sense of herself as a person impressive and apparent from childhood. Her mother working nights, not being available, and her father’s drinking may have derailed many a child. But Sotomayor is self-directed. Possibly this is because of her extended family, particularly her grandmother, and sense of cultural traditions she absorbs from family.

   Reply to Sue Mann

2. In so many ways she presents as a typical young person growing up in an extended family, yet it seems she always had a focus on what she needed to do to be successful. I’m reading the part about the debate club now and how she had to push herself to be more comfortable with public speaking. As a teacher in an urban school with a large Spanish speaking populations, I can relate to her as a student who could speak Spanish but who didn’t have the formal language training. I’m anxious to continue.

   Reply to Mary Taylor

3. My Beloved World is truly wonderful — heart-warming and inspiring. I listened to it on audio. Chita Rivera is the narrator and she is excellent. Justice Sotomayor read the introduction. I wish she had read the entire book! The book takes you up to her first appointment as a judge. I was happy to read a memoir which didn’t address the challenges faced by any judge. I am hoping that Justice Sotomayor as well as Justice Elena Kagan will reach out to soon-to-be confirmed Amy Barrett and hopefully provide a way to help her moderate her extreme positions.

   Reply to Leslie Taylor

   1. I am enjoying Justice Sotomayor’s story. I usually prefer to read fiction but as someone who grew up in New York, attended parochial school for a minute, with the Sisters of Charity, this memoir resonates. I am trying hard not to read ahead and unintentional discuss “spoilers” for other readers. I have an ebook and an audiobook from the library. When I am cooking or doing housework I listen. I don’t know how receptive Judge Barrett will be to influencers given her unique selection, the opposition and her affiliations.

      Reply to Cassie Elliston

   2. I too would like to see and know that the two other female justices reach out to welcome ACB just as I think Justice Ginsburg would have done. This would be a way to honor Justice Ginsburg.
      I believe these three current women can learn so much from each other as people. Each one represents what is right and just in our country.

      Reply to Dee Wetz