New York Times Bestselling Author
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ROSEMARIE ROBOTHAM
Literary Alchemy
LOVELY ONE
A Memoir
By Ketanji Brown Jackson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Random House
September 3, 2024
No. 1 New York Times Bestseller
“A triumphant American tale of early promise fulfilled.”—New York Times
I had the privilege of partnering with the first Black woman ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court to write her extraordinary and inspiring memoir. In this intimate account, Justice Jackson chronicles her family's ascent from segregation to her historic confirmation within the span of one generation. With unflinching candor and uncommon grace, she pulls back the curtain on her public life to reveal her unlikely love story; what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don't look like you; and how she reconciled her demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood.
About our collaboration, Justice Jackson wrote:
“I must give thanks where it is most profoundly due: to my intrepid and indefatigable collaborator, Rosemarie Robotham. If a day went by during the writing process that Rosemarie and I did not communicate, I don’t recall it. She was always there, from the start and throughout, gathering the pieces of my life story; developing the framework that weaves them all together, assisting with a vision of my narrative that, like me, moves seamlessly between life and law; and, of course, employing her exquisite writing and storytelling capabilities. It is Rosemarie’s mastery of prose that breathes life into this book’s retelling of my lived experience … I cannot imagine how such a mammoth undertaking could have come into being without such a brilliant, selfless, and dedicated partner.”