Lovely One (memoir) explained

Lovely One is the 2024 memoir by Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The title stems from the justice's first and middle names, Ketanji Onyika, a suggestion from her aunt who was a Peace Corps volunteer in west Africa around the time Brown Jackson was born.^[1]

Lovely One reached the top of the New York Times Bestseller List the week of September 22, 2024,^[2] despite receiving criticism for not being as sharp of writing as some of her judicial writing.^[3]

In addition to Brown Jackson's own stories and mentors,^[4] the book tells the stories facing the greater Black population, such as a relative inability to swim due to their parents' lack of access to public pools and beaches.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Lovely One: A Memoir . 2024-09-23 . USA TODAY . en-US . Booklist . September 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923014017/https://www.usatoday.com/booklist/books/lovely-one-a-memoir/9780593729908 . live .
2. News: Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 22, 2024 - The New York Times . The New York Times . 2024-09-23 . en-US . September 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923014018/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/09/22/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ . live .
3. News: Brooks . Rosa . 2024-09-03 . Review Ketanji Brown Jackson gives readers a tour of her meteoric rise . 2024-09-23 . Washington Post . en-US . September 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240905030711/https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/09/03/ketanji-brown-jackson-memoir-review/ . live .
4. News: Mosley . Tonya . 2024-09-04 . Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices . . 2024-09-22 . September 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923014018/https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/nx-s1-5095923/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-lovely-one . live .
5. Web site: 2024-09-20 . EXCLUSIVE: Read An Excerpt From Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Memoir, 'Lovely One' . 2024-09-23 . Essence . en-US . September 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923014018/https://www.essence.com/entertainment/books/exclusive-judge-ketanji-brown-jacksons-memoir-lovely-one/ . live .
6. News: Jacobs . Alexandra . 2024-09-03 . In 'Lovely One,' Ketanji Brown Jackson Credits the Mentors Who Lifted Her Up . 2024-09-22 . New York Times . September 23, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240923014018/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/books/review/ketanji-brown-jackson-lovely-one.html . live .