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It starts with her childhood in an arizona ranch and ends in about 2016-17 with her dementia/alzheimer’s diagnosis. The book takes us through a life of a young ranch girl to a lawyer who had to volunteer as a public prosecutor first. It also mentions ... Read More
His writing is exemplary, his pacing immaculate. It has my highest recommendation!
Evan thomas weaves these threads together masterfully, and by the end of the book, i felt i had a much better understanding of a woman who was so important to our history. Evan thomas succeeds as he always does in bringing you into the life of the per... Read More
I consider it a balanced book, not a hatchet job in the least and not hagiography. The book is very well written with great candor.
Thomas is thorough but writes in an engaging manner and presents a well-rounded portrait of the first woman on the supreme court. Thomas rightly assesses that soc was not a legal scholar, not the kind of person who would have been a constitutional law... Read More
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The quality of the kindle version was quite good
I only started reading this and am grateful that the author writes so very well that it is easy to read especially after workin... Read More
The book is long about 400 pages with the first 200 giving an in depth look at o’connor’s life before the supreme court and the... Read More
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This was my first exposure to the high court and the personalities of the justices
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Sometimes biographies lack the human side of a persons life
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No idea she and reinhenquist dated at stanford
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I knew she was involved in republican politics but didn’t realize the depth of her participation in the party in arizona or her cozy relationship with barry goldwater
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I am not on the same side of the aisle as o’connor politically and it stung a bit to read some of her more partisan thoughts and opinions and the confirmation that she did not retire during the clinton administration because she did not want a democrat appointing her successor
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I have a greater appreciation for her belief in federalism
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It was for my fiancé so i didnt read it just giving a good review
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Ill admit that i didnt know much about sandra day oconnor who preceded rgb and sotomayor and deserves some consideration on my part
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The other thing i found startling about her is how unemotional she was to many things in her life
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