The Majority

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Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition,and one womans fight to be a Supreme Court justice.

Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin Bernstein to die. The other half is praying for her to hold on. At 83, the contemptuous S.O.B. doesnt have much time left. What she has is a story, one she has wrested from the grip of history to tell herselfof how she rose to her historic position on the Supreme Court, and thebarriers she broke along the way.

Told over fifty years, from losing her mother at a young age,to falling inlove, to navigating an unplanned pregnancyand motherhood,to learning how to spar with a sexist mentor, Sylvias personal story reveals the intimate truth about who she was as she ascended to her modern throne: not just a brilliant mind, but a daughter, a best friend, a wife, mother, and advocate. While caught in a dramatic tug of war between the competing desires of success and family, truth and convenience, progress and patience, she will be given a chance to change the course of American history and give voice, at last, to the majority.

Set against the vibrant sweep of the 20th 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 havesupremestakes.

Author Bio

Elizabeth L. Silver is the author of the legal thriller The Execution of Noa P. Singleton, which was an Amazon Best Book of the Year, and a selection for the Target Emerging Author Series. A graduate of the Temple University Beasley School of Law, Silver has worked as an attorney in California and Texas, where she was a judicial clerk for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.