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I am these truths : a memoir of identity, justice, and living between worlds / Sunny Hostin, with Charisse Jones.

Hostin, Sunny, (author.). Jones, Charisse, (author.).

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.

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

Record details

ISBN: 9780062950826
ISBN: 0062950827
Physical Description: xiii, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.