{"product_id":"the-majority-paperback","title":"The Majority - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth L. Silver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting novel of motherhood and ambition, love and friendship, and one woman's fight to be a Supreme Court Justice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 7.99 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52609424720154,"sku":"9780593331095","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/K59IxkAN_J9780593331095.webp?v=1785357392","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/the-majority-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}