Dinners with Ruth : a memoir on the power of friendships
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022].
ISBN
9781797147239, 1797147234, 9781797147246, 1797147242
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Audiobooks | AUDIO BOOK BIO TOTENBERG N. | On Shelf |
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks | CD 791.44 TOT | On Shelf |
Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | CD Audiobook B Totenberg, Nina | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult | CD BIOGRAPHY TOTENBERG, N. | On Shelf |
Eisenhower Public Library District - Adult New | CD 791.44 TOT 8 CDS | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (approximately 570 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781797147239, 1797147234, 9781797147246, 1797147242
UPC
9781797147239
Notes
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Title from container.
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Compact discs.
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Read by the author.
Description
"Four years before Nina Totenberg started working at NPR, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning 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 her 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; her mother; 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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AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Totenberg, N. (2022). Dinners with Ruth: a memoir on the power of friendships (Unabridged.). Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Totenberg, Nina. 2022. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir On the Power of Friendships. Simon & Schuster Audio.
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 Audio, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Totenberg, Nina. Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir On the Power of Friendships Unabridged., Simon & Schuster Audio, 2022.
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