Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman\'s fight to be a Supreme Court justice.
Set against the vibrant sweep of the 20th century, THE Majority brings us into the sacrifices, heartaches, and complex emotional life of a powerful woman ahead of her time, whose life and work turn out to have supreme stakes..
While caught in a dramatic tug of war between career and family, truth and convenience, progress and patience, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history - and give voice, at last, to the majority.
Told over fifty years, from losing her mother at a young age, to falling in love, to navigating an unplanned pregnancy and motherhood, to learning how to spar with a sexist mentor, Sylvia\'s personal story reveals the intimate truth about who she was as she ascended to her modern throne: not just a brilliant mind, but a daughter, a best friend, a wife, mother, and advocate.
What she has is a story, one she has wrested from the grip of history to tell herself--of how she rose to her historic position on the Supreme Court, and the barriers she broke along the way. doesn\'t have much time left.
At 83, the contemptuous S.
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The other half is praying for her to hold on.
Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die.
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman\'s fight to be a Supreme Court justice
