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First edition |
| ISBN |
9780062950826 (hardcover) |
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0062950827 (hardcover) |
| Descript |
xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Foreword -- The boogie down -- School days -- Negrita with the good hair -- I am what I am -- In the system but not of it -- The room where it happens -- Motherhood -- The dream deferred -- CNN -- Trayvon -- The View |
| Summary |
The co-host of "The View" and ABC News senior legal correspondent traces her journey from a biracial child in a South Bronx housing project to a successful and influential Washington, D.C. attorney and journalist |
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Growing up half Puerto Rican and half African-American, raised by teenage parents in the South Bronx, Hostin escaped poverty and the turbulence of her early life through hard work, a bit of luck and earning academic scholarships to college and law school before immersing herself in the workings of the criminal justice system. She became a federal prosecutor, then a legal journalist. She was one of the first national reporters to cover Trayvon Martin's death-- which her producers labeled "just a local story." Here she shares her personal turmoil, and reflects on the high-stakes cases and stories she worked on as a prosecutor and during her time at CNN, Fox News, ABC and The View. -- adapted from jacket |
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Hostin, Sunny
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Television personalities -- United States -- Biography
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Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
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Public prosecutors -- United States -- Biography
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Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography
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Jones, Charisse,
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