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  • The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Written by: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
  • Narrated by: Andi Arndt
  • Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Notorious RBG

Written by: Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
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Publisher's Summary

Irin Carmon: I heard you can do 20 push-ups.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Yes, but we do 10 at a time. And then I breathe for a bit and do the second set.

Nearly a half century into being a feminist and legal pioneer, something funny happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The octogenarian won the Internet. Across America, people who weren't even born when Ginsburg made her name are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute. In a class of its own, and much to Ginsburg's own amusement, is the Notorious RBG Tumblr, which juxtaposes the diminutive but fierce Jewish grandmother with the 350-pound rapper featuring original artwork submitted from around the world.

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers a rich, intimate, unprecedented look at the justice and how she changed the world. From Ginsburg's refusal to let the slammed doors of sexism stop her to her innovative legal work, from her before-its-time feminist marriage to her perch on the nation's highest court - with the fierce dissents to match - get to know RBG as never before. As the country struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stands as a testament to how far we can come with a little chutzpah.

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©2015 Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers

Editorial Review

The woman, the legend, the icon, the hero. In her 87 years on this Earth and 27 years on the United States Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the Notorious RBG.

A true individual, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a woman like no other. She had an unwavering sense of truth and justice, and she had confidence in her ability to break through barriers and make a difference. From Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik, the bloggers who propelled the feisty octogenarian Justice Ginsburg into an internet sensation, this “life and times” narrative dives into political and social issues, as well as the founding moments that made RBG the force that she was.

Feminist, lawyer, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a force to be reckoned with. From her early days at Harvard Law right up until her last moments serving on the Court, Ginsburg was a trailblazer for gender equality, civil rights, and justice for all. She became an icon and hero to women and men of races and religions around the world, and carved the way for lawyers, activists, and feminists who followed in her steps. Through her landmark cases and blistering dissents, her battles against sexism and cancer, and her way of being a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and, above all, unapologetically herself, Ginsburg was an example to many.

Notorious RBG stems from the authors’ hit tumblr blog. Using the same humour and cheek that took the internet by storm, Carmon and Knizhnik pair a witty and anecdotal style with a deeper look into Ginsburg’s life, work, and rise to worldwide fame. Prolific narrator Andi Arndt lends her accomplished and dynamic voice to the audiobook.

Now synonymous with women’s rights, standing her ground, and fierce determination, RBG has been immortalized in this force of an audiobook.

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What a warriot and icon for equality!

Loved hearing all about how what would seem small incidents would turn someone into such a social justice warrior in the true sense of the term. Communication and having the right support in Marty helped her to change the world

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