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Necessary Trouble Growing Up at Midcentury

Drew Gilpin Faust

AN INSTANT To grow up in the 1950s was to enter a world of polarized national alliances, nuclear threat, and destabilized social hierarchies. Two world wars and the depression that connected them had unleashed a torrent of expectations and dissatisfactions―not only in global affairs but in American...

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Terry Gross noted that Faust's memoir, titled Necessary Trouble, drew its name from a John Lewis quote and recounted her midcentury upbringing.

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Her memoir is called Necessary Trouble, Growing Up at Mid-Century. Necessary Trouble is a quote from John Lewis, who she knew,

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Episode: Historian & Former Harvard President Drew Gilpin F...

Terry Gross noted that Faust's memoir, titled Necessary Trouble, drew its name from a John Lewis quote and recounted her midcentury upbringing.

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Her memoir is called Necessary Trouble, Growing Up at Mid-Century. Necessary Trouble is a quote from John Lewis, who she knew,

If you're just joining us, my guest is Drew Gilpin Faust, her new memoir, is called Necessary Trouble. We'll be right back after a short break.

Her new memoir is called Necessary Trouble, Growing Up at Mid-Century.

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