I Am These Truths Lib/E: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds

Book info: I Am These Truths Lib/E: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds (Audio CD, 0 pages) – HarperCollins, 2020. Language: English.

The Emmy Award winning legal journalist and co-host of The View Sunny Hostin chronicles her journey from growing up in a South Bronx housing project to becoming an assistant U.S. attorney and journalist in this powerful memoir that offers an intimate and unique look at identity, intolerance, and injustice.

“What are you?” has followed Sunny Hostin from the beginning of her story, as she grew up half Puerto Rican and half African-American raised by teenage parents in the South Bronx. Escaping poverty and the turbulence of her early life through hard work, a bit of luck and earning academic scholarships to college and law school, Sunny immersed herself in the workings of the criminal justice system. In Washington, D.C., Sunny became a federal prosecutor, soon parlaying her wealth of knowledge of the legal system into a successful career as a legal journalist. She was one of the first national reporters to cover Trayvon Martin’s death—which her producers erroneously labeled “just a local story.” 

Today, an inescapable voice from the top echelons of news and entertainment, Sunny uses her platform to advocate for social justice and give a voice to the marginalized. In her signature no-holds-barred, straight-up style, Sunny opens up and shares her intimate struggles with fertility and personal turmoil, and reflects on the high-stakes cases and stories she worked on as a prosecutor and during her time at CNN, Fox News, ABC and The View. Timely, poignant, and moving, I Am These Truths is the story of a woman living between two worlds, and learning to bridge them together to fight for what’s right. 

SUNNY HOSTIN is the Senior Legal Correspondent & Analyst for ABC News and co-host of The View. Previously, Sunny was a legal analyst and host for CNN. She has been featured in People, Forbes Woman, Essence, the New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Latina, and Ebony. A highly sought-after public speaker, Sunny has also spoken and moderated panels for the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Corporate Counsel Women of Color, and the National Bar Association. As a former federal prosecutor, she was awarded with a Special Achievement Award by then Attorney General Janet Reno. A native of New York City, Hostin lives with her husband and two children in Westchester County, New York.

Charisse Jones is a national correspondent for USA Today. A former staff writer for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, she has been a commentator for National Public Radio and is a contributing writer for Essence magazine.