Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir of Friendship
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Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers a rare memoir of her private successes, struggles, and life-affirming relationships, together with her lovely friendship of almost fifty years with Supreme Courtroom Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
4 years earlier than Nina Totenberg was employed at NPR, the place she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter, and almost twenty-two years earlier than Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Courtroom, Nina referred to as Ruth. A reporter for The Nationwide Observer, Nina was interested in Ruth’s authorized transient, asking the Supreme Courtroom to do one thing revolutionary: declare a regulation that discriminated “on the idea of intercourse” to be unconstitutional. In a time when ladies had been fired for turning into pregnant, usually couldn’t apply for bank cards, or get a mortgage in their very own names, Ruth patiently defined her argument. That decision launched a outstanding, almost fifty-year friendship.
Dinners with Ruth is a rare account of two ladies who paved the best way for future generations by tearing down skilled and authorized boundaries. It’s also an intimate memoir of the ability of friendships as ladies started to pry open profession doorways and rework the office. On the story’s coronary heart is one, particular relationship: Ruth and Nina noticed one another not solely by way of private joys, but in addition sickness, loss, and widowhood. Through the devastating sickness and eventual dying of Nina’s first husband, Ruth drew her out of grief; twelve years later, Nina would reciprocate when Ruth’s beloved husband died. They shared not solely a love of opera, but in addition of purchasing, as they instinctively understood that garments had been armor for ladies who wished to be taken critically in a office dominated by males. Throughout Ruth’s final 12 months, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays had been “reserved for Ruth” in Nina’s home.
Dinners with Ruth additionally weaves collectively compelling, private portraits of different fascinating ladies and men from Nina’s life, together with her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer; her beloved husbands; her friendships with a number of Supreme Courtroom Justices, together with Lewis Powell, William Brennan, and Antonin Scalia, and Nina’s circle of relatives—her father, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg, and her “finest pals,” her sisters. Inspiring and revelatory, Dinners with Ruth is a shifting story of the enjoyment and true which means of friendship.
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Prospects discover the e-book pleasant, riveting, and well-written. They describe the pacing as wonderful, charming, and galvanizing. Readers admire the writing high quality as witty, clever, and old style. In addition they describe the storyteller as nice and enthralling. As well as, they discover the knowledge informative and interesting.
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Elizabeth Souza –
Spellbinding Book
Didnât plan on surging through the book. But, I did. Nina is an excellent writer. Ruth became family. And the storyline progressed. It also drew in more favorable reviews/reviewers, created deep friendships, love and care, and allowed the reader to care for those they read about! I read every word from beginning to end! Hope you do too!
Donna –
Stories of friendships of two amazing women!
I’m a huge fan of RBG and have been putting off reading this book. It’s wonderful. I read it in 3 days! The book arrived promptly and in like new condition. It’s an easy read; Nina Tottenberg is a favorite of mine on NPR. The book is like listening to her on the radio. The chapters are her and RBG’s stories of friendship: witty, intelligent and so interesting. A great read for a baby boomer or someone younger who is a fan of both of these amazing women.
jb –
Fascinating and lovely but more about Nina Totenberg than RBG.
Nina writes well, and it was an eye opener into NPR and her influence. The intiate stories of her friendship with RBG were lovely. The last two chapters were more about that relationship then the rest of the book.
Kateri –
Would read again
Great read, entertaining
localworldtraveler –
Good writing, interesting life in interesting times; familiar folks
Somewhat “light” reading for rest and/or on an airplane about familiar names and lives, but with interesting commentary and lots of tidbits of information. Gratefully, a wonderfully rich life story written in old-fashioned good grammar! Loved the inclusion of the other women, like the wonderful Cokey Roberts and Linda Wertheimer, and life at NPR in the earliest days. Lots of behind the scenes about the Supreme Court, the days of decorum–long memory here. Worth the money.
Louise –
Title Is Very Deceptive
The title is very misleading. The book isnât bout Ruth Bader Ginsburg unfortunately. The author mentions her and Ruthâs husband in every chapter, but the book is about the author and who she knows, who she interviewed, who she invited over for dinner. I didnât find the book interesting.. but this if you want to k ow about Ninaâs friends and accomplishments.
imlms –
A Tribute to Friendship and a Number of Remarkable Women
I loved RBG and was saddened at her death so when I saw this book, I had to get it. It speaks to the value of friendship, and I learned a lot out the Supreme Court. As an NPR listener, it was also fun to learn more about some of my favorite reporters. Also, as a woman trying to have a career and raise a child during the time this book covers, I could relate to the strength of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Nina Totenberg. I am extremely grateful to all women who took it on the chin, broke barriers, and made the world a better place.
Mtlnative –
Fascinating
I am reminded of a saying from a book I read a few years agoââprivilege is only bad because not everybody has it.â The people Totenberg speaks about in this book, her fellow reporters, wealthy friends and spouses and the Chief Justices she has known, especially RBG, led privileged lives. Wonderful educations, influence on people, great dinner parties (oh how I wish for great dinner parties, as long as someone else does the fancy part). But they were not immune to disappointments, early bereavements, and grinding workloads. They (well most of them) lived up to the responsibility that privilege brings and as a result there are inspiring and enlightening memoirs to read. And this is one of them.As Totenberg says at the end, those who lived in an era where there was more public respect and accountability would be saddened to see what life is like now. But they would remain optimistic and so should we.
Anon –
Not a book about RBG.