I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living between Worlds
I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living between Worlds
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Overview
“What are you?” has followed Sunny Hostin from the beginning of her story, as she grew up half Puerto Rican and half African-American raised by teenage parents in the South Bronx. Escaping poverty and the turbulence of her early life through hard work, a bit of luck and earning academic scholarships to college and law school, Sunny immersed herself in the workings of the criminal justice system. In Washington, D.C., Sunny became a federal prosecutor, soon parlaying her wealth of knowledge of the legal system into a successful career as a legal journalist. She was one of the first national reporters to cover Trayvon Martin’s death—which her producers erroneously labeled “just a local story.”
Today, an inescapable voice from the top echelons of news and entertainment, Sunny uses her platform to advocate for social justice and give a voice to the marginalized. In her signature no-holds-barred, straight-up style, Sunny opens up and shares her intimate struggles with fertility and 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. Timely, poignant, and moving, I Am These Truths is the story of a woman living between two worlds, and learning to bridge them together to fight for what’s right.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781094117034 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 03/17/2020 |
Product dimensions: | 6.60(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Charisse Jones is a money and consumer news editor for USA Today. A former staff writer for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, she has co-authored eight books, provided commentary for NPR and has been a frequent contributor to CBS Mornings. She lives in the New York City area.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
1 The Boogie Down 1
2 School Days 19
3 Negrita with the Good Hair 41
4 I Am What I Am 59
5 In the System But not of It 77
6 The Room Where It Happens 101
7 Motherhood 119
8 The Dream Deferred 155
9 CNN 175
10 Trayvon 199
11 The View 231
Acknowledgments 269