The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced on Monday that it will publish the memoir of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina member in the Supreme Court.
The book still untiled, will tell her story as the American daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants growing up in the Bronx. In her autobiography Sotomayor will recount her childhood experience, the loss of her father when she was nine years old and the relationship with her mother, the journey through her career culminating with her appointment to the federal bench.
The Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of the publishing company expressed his excitement of the project, “Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world,” said Mr. Mehta. “Hers is a triumph of the Latino experience in America.”
