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In the Country of Women A Memoir

Susan Straight

One of NPR's Best Books of the Year In the Country of Women

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This memoir was described as a great memoir of American history, focusing on the unsung women in the author's family and their experiences as immigrants and caretakers. The speaker found it to be a great book and reached out to the author to have her on the podcast.

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It's this great memoir of American history. It's a great memoir of the kinds of characters that you don't hear enough about in books. Most books are about the famous men. This is about some of the uns...

— Episode: Susan Straight on the Power of Story

Episode: Susan Straight on the Power of Story

This memoir was described as a great memoir of American history, focusing on the unsung women in the author's family and their experiences as immigrants and caretakers. The speaker found it to be a great book and reached out to the author to have her on the podcast.

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It's this great memoir of American history. It's a great memoir of the kinds of characters that you don't hear enough about in books. Most books are about the famous men. This is about some of the unsung heroes of American and world history, the immigrants, the mothers, the caretakers, the nurses, all these women who went on to create the family that made Susan and Susan's life possible.

Anyways, a great book. I really liked it and I reached out on Instagram and we started reconnecting.

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