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Four years before Nina Toten berg was hired at NPR\, where she cemented her legacy as a prizewinning re porter\, and nearly twenty-two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appoin ted to the Supreme Court\, Nina called Ruth. A reporter for "The National Observer" Nina was curious about Ruth&rsquo\;s legal brief\, asking the Su preme Court to do something to declare law that discriminated &ldquo\;on t he 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 ge t a mortgage in their own names\, Ruth patiently explained her argument. T hat call launched a remarkable\, nearly fifty-year friendship. \;
\ n"Dinners with Ruth" is an extraordinary account of two women who paved the way for future generations by tearing down professional and legal bar riers. It is also an intimate memoir of the power of friendships as women began to pry open career doors and transform the workplace. At the story&r squo\;s heart is one\, special Ruth and Nina saw each other not only throu gh personal joys\, but also illness\, loss\, and widowhood. During the dev astating illness and eventual death of Nina&rsquo\;s first husband\, Ruth drew her out of grief\; twelve years later\, Nina would reciprocate when R uth&rsquo\;s beloved husband died. They shared not only a love of opera\, but also of shopping\, as they instinctively understood that clothes were armor for women who wanted to be taken seriously in a workplace dominated by men. During Ruth&rsquo\;s last year\, they shared so many small dinners that Saturdays were &ldquo\;reserved for Ruth&rdquo\; in Nina&rsquo\;s ho use. Dinners with Ruth also weaves together compelling\, personal portrait s of other fascinating women and men from Nina&rsquo\;s life\, including h er cherished NPR colleagues Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer\; her belov ed husbands\; her friendships with multiple Supreme Court Justices\, inclu ding Lewis Powell\, William Brennan\, and Antonin Scalia\, and Nina&rsquo\ ;s own family&mdash\;her father\, the legendary violinist Roman Totenberg\ , and her &ldquo\;best friends\,&rdquo\; her sisters. \;
\nCeleb rated "NPR" correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes\, struggles\, and life-affirming relationships. Inspiring and revelatory\, Dinners with Ruth is a moving story of the joy and true meaning of friendship. \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Nin a Totenberg is "NPR&rsquo\;s" award-winning legal affairs correspondent. S he appears on "NPR&rsquo\;s" critically acclaimed news magazines "All Thin gs Considered"\, "Morning Edition"\, and "Weekend Edition"\, and on "NPR" podcasts\, including "The NPR Politics Podcast" and its series\, &ldquo\;T he Docket.&rdquo\; Totenberg&rsquo\;s Supreme Court and legal coverage has won her every major journalism award in broadcasting. Recognized seven ti mes by the American Bar Association for continued excellence in legal repo rting\, she has received more than two dozen honorary degrees. A frequent TV contributor\, she writes for major newspapers\, magazines\, and law rev iews.
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