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    Truth be told : my journey through life and the law / Beverley McLachlin.

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    • Title:Truth be told : my journey through life and the law / Beverley McLachlin.
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    • Author/Creator:McLachlin, Beverley, 1943- author.
    • Published/Created:Toronto, Ontorio : Simon & Schuster, [2019]

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:McLachlin, Beverley, 1943-
      Canada. Supreme Court.
      Judges--Canada--Biography.
    • Genre/Form:Autobiographies.
    • Edition:Simon & Schuster Canada edition.
    • Description:373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm
    • Summary:Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revealing look at her life, from her childhood in the Alberta foothills to her career on the Supreme Court, where she helped to shape the social and moral fabric of the country. With warmth, honesty, and deep wisdom, McLachlin invites us into her legal and personal life - into the hopes and doubts, the triumphs and losses on and off the bench.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781982104962 hardcover
      1982104961 hardcover
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE STUDENT
      1. Ordinary Girl
      2. Pincher Creek
      3. Education
      4. Rich in Difference
      5. Home on the Ranch
      6. Lady Jane Grey
      7. Into the World
      8. Follow Your Bliss
      9. Love, Actually
      10. Have You Thought about the Law?
      pt. TWO LAWYER
      11. Law Studies
      12. Our Rightful Place in the World
      13. Into the Fray
      14. Strange Comfort
      15. Back to School
      16. Parenthood
      pt. THREE JUDGE
      17. New Judge
      18. Growing and Grieving
      19. New Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
      20. New World on the Ottawa
      21. Changing Minds
      22. Morality and the Law
      23. Right to Speak
      24. Final Taboo
      25. On Life and Death
      26. Marriage Act
      27. Division and Discord
      28. Passages
      pt. FOUR CHIEF JUSTICE
      29. New Chief Justice
      30. Truth and Reconciliation
      31. Branching Out
      32. Of Princesses and Power
      33. Justice for All
      34. Just Politics
      35. Towards the Finish Line
      36. Citizen McLachlin.
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