Scan barcode
A review by purplepierogi
First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas
5.0
okay, y'all know I'm not a ra ra girlboss person (rbg is not my idol), I was prepared to hate or seriously judge Sandra Day O'Connor's life work. she was a Reagan appointee and I didn't know much about her before listening to the book, and honestly a lot of "intimate portrait" biographies can be straight propaganda -- but that being said, this book was so well researched and so informative, I really really enjoyed it and learning about her. it offered a full picture of her personal, social and professional lives, drawing on her diaries, her husband's unpublished memoir, all her documents and correspondence, and interviews with everyone from family to clerks to fellow justices.
yes, the book goes to great lengths to justify her bush v gore decision, and I did grow a little tired of the throwbacks to her ranch upbringing as a primary formative experience, but I really am awed how she adapted to this kind of impossible job. maybe it's just where I am in life that I really marvel at how much ppl can balance and get done in a day (this makes me never want to clerk lmao) and it was cool to hear her do it all w acerbic wit and swing dancing etc. the line where she said she never took a job that didn't feel like a stretch, no one tells you how to be a supreme court justice, so just do it -- I really connect w that. and for all her really fucked decisions (georgia sodomy case
yes, the book goes to great lengths to justify her bush v gore decision, and I did grow a little tired of the throwbacks to her ranch upbringing as a primary formative experience, but I really am awed how she adapted to this kind of impossible job. maybe it's just where I am in life that I really marvel at how much ppl can balance and get done in a day (this makes me never want to clerk lmao) and it was cool to hear her do it all w acerbic wit and swing dancing etc. the line where she said she never took a job that didn't feel like a stretch, no one tells you how to be a supreme court justice, so just do it -- I really connect w that. and for all her really fucked decisions (georgia sodomy case