Four years before Nina Totenberg was hired at NPR\, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning reporter\, and n early twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the Sup reme Court\, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for \;The National Obser ver\, Nina was curious about Ruth&rsquo\;s legal brief\, asking the S upreme Court to do something to declare law that discriminated &ldquo\;on the basis of sex&rdquo\; to be unconstitutional. In a time when women were fired for becoming pregnant\, often could not apply for credit cards or g et a mortgage in their own names\, Ruth patiently explained her argument. That call launched a remarkable\, nearly fifty-year friendship. \;
\nDinners with Ruth is an extraordinary account of two women w ho paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and l egal barriers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships a s women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story&rsquo\;s heart is one\, special Ruth and Nina saw each other not on ly through personal joys\, but also illness\, loss\, and widowhood. During the devastating illness and eventual death of Nina&rsquo\;s first husband \, Ruth drew her out of grief\; twelve years later\, Nina would reciprocat e when Ruth&rsquo\;s beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera\, but also of shopping\, as they instinctively understood that cloth es were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace do minated by men. During Ruth&rsquo\;s last year\, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were &ldquo\;reserved for Ruth&rdquo\; in Nina&rsq uo\;s house. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compelling\, personal portraits of other fascinating women and men from Nina&rsquo\;s life\, inc luding her cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer\; h er beloved husbands\; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices \, including Lewis Powell\, William Brennan\, and Antonin Scalia\, and Nin a&rsquo\;s own family&mdash\;her father\, the legendary violinist Roman To tenberg\, and her &ldquo\;best friends\,&rdquo\; her sisters. \;
\nCelebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary m emoir of her personal successes\, struggles\, and life-affirming relations hips. Inspiring and revelatory\, Dinners with Ruth is a moving st ory of the joy and true meaning of friendship. \;
\nAbou t the Author: \;NINA TOTENBERG is \;NPR&rsquo\;s award-wi nning legal affairs correspondent. She appears on \;NPR&rsquo\;s criti cally acclaimed news magazines \;All Things Considered\, \;Morning Edition\, and \;Weekend Edition\, and on&n bsp\;NPR \;podcasts\, including \;The NPR Politics Podcast \;and its series\, &ldquo\;The Docket.&rdquo\; Totenberg&rsquo\;s Su preme Court and legal coverage has won her every major journalism award in broadcasting. Recognized seven times by the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal reporting\, she has received more than two d ozen honorary degrees. A frequent TV contributor\, she writes for major ne wspapers\, magazines\, and law reviews.
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