Dinners with Ruth : a memoir on the power of friendships
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
ISBN
1982188081, 9781982188085
Physical Desc
xiii, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Status
Curry Public Library - Adult/General - Nonfiction
921 GINSBURG RUTH BADER
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
1982188081, 9781982188085
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Description
"Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, including her remarkable friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Four years before Nina Totenberg started working at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prize-winning reporter, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for The National Observer, Nina was curious about Ruth's legal brief, asking the Supreme Court to do something revolutionary: declare a law that discriminated "on the basis of sex" to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant and often could not apply for credit cards or get a mortgage, Ruth patiently explained her argument. That call launched a nearly fifty-year friendship. Dinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story's heart is one, special relationship: Ruth and Nina saw each other not only through personal joys, but also illness, loss, and widowhood. Ruth drew Nina out of grief during the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina's first husband; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth's beloved husband died. They shared a love of opera and shopping, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth's last year, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were "reserved for Ruth" in Nina's house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina's life, including her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer; her beloved husbands; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices, including Lewis Powell, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, and Nina's own family--her father, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, and her "best friends," her sisters. Inspiring and revelatory, Dinners with Ruth is a moving story of the joy of friendship" --,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Totenberg, N. (2022). Dinners with Ruth: a memoir on the power of friendships . Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Totenberg, Nina. 2022. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir On the Power of Friendships. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Totenberg, Nina. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir On the Power of Friendships Simon & Schuster, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Totenberg, Nina. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir On the Power of Friendships Simon & Schuster, 2022.
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