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Fresh Air
Jane Fonda said she was given Jonathan Schell's *The Village of Ben Sook*, and after finishing it she felt like a different person, which sparked her to become an activist and return to the United States.
And they gave me a book to read, Jonathan Schell's The Village of Ben Sook. And when I finished the book, I closed it. I was a different person. And that's when I became an activist. And I left France...
— Episode: Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down
Episode: Jane Fonda Is Not Backing Down
Jane Fonda said she was given Jonathan Schell's *The Village of Ben Sook*, and after finishing it she felt like a different person, which sparked her to become an activist and return to the United States.
And they gave me a book to read, Jonathan Schell's The Village of Ben Sook. And when I finished the book, I closed it. I was a different person. And that's when I became an activist. And I left France and moved back.