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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library—and the Story Behind “Scrambled Egg Sandwiches” (opens the original)
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Dolly Parton has written unforgettable songs, starred in beloved films and built a business empire—but one of her most meaningful accomplishments begins with a simple idea: every child deserves a book. In this episode of Women, Books & More, Irene Rawlings celebrates Dolly’s remarkable life, her joyful generosity and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which has placed millions of free books into the hands of young children. Irene also remembers joining more than 300 members of Sisters on the Fl
Chris Bohjalian on The Amateur: Guilt, Privilege and a Fatal Golf Shot (opens the original)
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What if one seemingly random moment changed the entire course of your life? In Chris Bohjalian’s gripping new novel, The Amateur, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is a gifted golfer with a promising future. Then, on a hot summer day in 1978, a ball she hits tears through a practice net at an affluent Westchester country club and kills a teenage caddy named Kenny Foster. At first, everyone agrees it was a terrible accident. But questions soon emerge—about the net, about Mira and about the secrets c
Catherine Ostler on The Renoir Girls: Hidden Lives Behind One of Renoir’s Most Famous Paintings (opens the original)
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Many of us have stood in a museum before a beautiful portrait of a child and wondered: Who was she? Who did she grow up to be? In The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal, journalist and author Catherine Ostler traces the astonishing lives of Irène, Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d’Anvers—three sisters born into a wealthy Jewish banking family in Belle Époque Paris and immortalized as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The paintings capture the girls in a world of beauty, privilege a
Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: Death, Grief and the Beauty of Being Alive (opens the original)
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What happens when Death (the main character of this book) learns to love life? In Ben Reeves’s Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, Death is a man named Travis Smith. He quietly accompanies people at the ends of their lives—not causing death but making the passage a little gentler. Then Travis meets eight-year-old Layla. Boisterous, curious and determined to be his friend, Layla draws the solitary Travis into her family. Her mother, Dalia, is a midwife—a woman who ushers people into the wo
Amy Irvine on Almost Animal: Motherhood, Identity & the American West (opens the original)
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Acclaimed nature writer Amy Irvine joins Irene Rawlings on Women, Books & More to discuss her powerful new memoir, Almost Animal. For more than twenty years, Amy has written about the American West and our relationship with the natural world. In this deeply personal conversation, she reflects on motherhood, identity, belonging, and the challenge of holding onto yourself while caring for others. Together, Irene and Amy explore the courage it takes to write a memoir, the expectations placed on wom
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