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Dinners with Ruth
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Dinners with Ruth

A Memoir on the Power of Friendships

Nina Totenberg
Simon & Schuster, 2022

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Eloquent
  • Engaging
  • Insider's Take

Recommendation

Over the course of her career, National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg has built a distinguished journalism portfolio and a family of friends she describes with insight and warmth, including fellow journalists Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer, and Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, Lewis Powell and William Brennan, as well as Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The author and Ginsburg began their careers in male-dominated fields at the same time. They connected when Totenburg interviewed Ginsburg for a story and embarked on a long friendship encompassing Ginsburg’s tenure as a Supreme Court justice. This engaging narrative covers many colorful personalities, Totenburg’s personal history with Ginsburg, and the importance of friendship and love.   

Take-Aways

  • The friendship between Nina Totenberg and Ruth Bader Ginsburg started with the lawyer explaining why the 14th Amendment should cover equal protection for women.
  • Totenberg and Ginsburg both encountered discrimination in their professions.
  • The two women built a close friendship.

About the Author

NPR’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg has won numerous journalism awards, American Bar Association awards for excellence in legal reporting, and more than 24 honorary degrees.

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