{"product_id":"the-majority-isbn-9780593331095","title":"The Majority","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting novel of motherhood and ambition, love and friendship, and one woman's fight to be a Supreme Court Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"History is only as good as the historians, and I'm no longer trusting them to tell my story.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At eighty-three, “the Contemptuous S.O.B.” doesn’t have much time left. What she does have is her story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCovering the span of fifty years, Sylvia's personal account reveals the intimate truth about a woman who is not just a brilliant mind but a daughter, a best friend, a wife, and a mother. Caught between the competing desires of career and family, truth and convenience, progress and patience, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the vibrant sweep of the twentieth century, THE MAJORITY brings us into the sacrifices, heartaches, and complex emotional life of a powerful woman ahead of her time, whose life and work turn out to have supreme stakes.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Silver is particularly persuasive when dramatizing what women faced when trying to maintain careers and families in the 1970s.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[Ruth Bader Ginsberg's] legend lives on, most recently in Elizabeth Silver's new novel \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e. It's RBG-esque protagnist, Sylvia Olin Bernstein, 83, considers her life as she looks back to her decades on the highest court. . .stealthily devastating . . . [an] important novel.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eEngrossing and thought-provoking. . .While\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear homage to Ginsburg, Silver paints a full portrait of Sylvia, whose life unfolds during some of the most consequential events in American history. . .\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is more than an entertaining read, although it is certainly that. It’s a profound contemplation of how women are treated by the law and how they administer the law. The Contemptuous S.O.B. is both a brilliant jurist and an all-too-human woman fighting against a system stacked against her.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—BookPage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Readers will, of necessity, think of real-life trailblazers Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but Silver wisely brings a universality to Sylvia’s story of sacrifice and determination, making it recognizable to women of every era, background, and profession who battle to forge their own paths against society’s limiting expectations.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Incisive. . .Silver wisely gives Sylvia her own path to travel, emphasizing how her professional goals both shape and are shaped by her experiences as a woman. Ginsburg's many admirers will be captivated by her literary counterpart.\" \u003cb\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Drawing from the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Silver’s novel depicts a fictionalized Supreme Court justice who navigates the misogyny of the world in which she finds herself. Even as she shoulders her own burdens of love, career, and motherhood, Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein also seeks to be a force of moral reckoning. In \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e, readers are given a look at a vivid life.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Alta \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A story of secrets, impossible choices, and how we negotiate the uneasy space between our personal and public lives. Like Curtis Sittenfeld's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e transforms the life of a singular woman into a compelling narrative that illuminates the most important themes playing out in America today.\"\u003cb\u003e—Amanda Eyre Ward, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Jetsetters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“This is Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein’s story but make no mistake, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is hammering her heavenly gavel in approval. \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with raw emotional context, perception, and humanity that resonates far beyond the page. Sure to be one of the most unforgettable reads of the year. It already holds that distinction for me.” \u003cb\u003e—Sarah McCoy,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMustique Island\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarilla of Green Gables \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“With the story of one remarkable woman’s life, \u003ci\u003eThe Majority \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how the lives of ALL women have been altered over the course of the last eighty-some years. Exploring important questions about the sacrifices we both should and shouldn’t make for those we care about, Silver has written a novel at once intimate and epic, about how we are changed by experience, and how the people we love are central to these transformations.” \u003cb\u003e—Edan Lepucki, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eauthor of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eCalifornia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e is the great American novel you will urge your daughters and sisters and friends to read. From post-war Brooklyn to the gold-trimmed curtains of the Supreme Court, the story of Sylvia Olin Bernstein is rendered with such clarity and compassion that readers will reconsider everything they thought they knew about the remarkable women who transformed American history\u003cb\u003e.” —Julia Fierro, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eCutting Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gypsy Moth Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“This book should be required reading. \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e is a tiny hammer in Silver’s hand, undetectable and hovering overhead, the act of reading like a trigger breaking you apart over and over again\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e I was literally lost in \u003ci\u003eThe Majority\u003c\/i\u003e and it changed me.\u003cb\u003e”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatashia Deon, NAACP-nominated author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Surprisingly personal . . .The complexity of Sylvia’s background and the personal cost of her commitment make for a thought-provoking read with many echoes of a certain departed Supreme Court Justice also known by three initials.” \u003cb\u003e—Janet Fitch,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhite Oleander \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution of Marina M. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“Restored my faith in justice. I loved this novel.”\u003cb\u003e—Lynn Steger Strong, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth L. Silver\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Execution of Noa P. Singleton\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an Amazon Best Book of the Year and published in seven languages. Silver has also worked as an attorney in California and Texas, where she was a judicial clerk for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and currently teaches creative writing with UCLA. She has written for \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazaar, New York Magazine, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and lives in Los Angeles with her family.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305425129701,"sku":"NP9780593331095","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593331095.jpg?v=1767740378","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-majority-isbn-9780593331095","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}