A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor with Joshua Lyon

The images of Edie Windsor on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court steps, with her arms raised in triumph, beautiful in her dark suit and pink and orange scarf, is one of those images that will forever be part of history. As the lead plaintiff in United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court case that overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, Edie Windsor rose to fame as an LGBT activist in 2013. A Wild and Precious Life is Edie's story.

This memoir, with the assistance of Joshua Lyon, is one of a powerful, dynamic, and inspiring woman who from birth, was a spitfire. Brilliant, funny, open, honest and determined, Edie is a powerful example of a woman who lived her life by her own terms. While she is most famous because of who she loved, she contained multitudes. Throughout this book, I was most overwhelming impressed by Edie's brilliance. Her work with programming and IBM was so....beyond and just...inspiring. What an icon for women who code/in tech.

This is a book that should be required reading for everyone. It's the story of women's rights, of LGBTQ rights, of human rights. It's a love story, it's a memoir, it's an adventure.

Edie Windsor is an American hero and statues of her should be erected in every city. What a woman.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.