Families with Leah Hager Cohen, Cate Colburn-Smith, Jay Gilbertson and a 1-Minute Writing Lesson from Sara Lewis
Series: Real Good Words
From: KAXE
Length: 00:58:12
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On this episode, we talk about families. In Leah Hager Cohen's new novel, "House Lights" Beatrice searches out her estranged stage actress grandmother, hoping to find new family. In Cate Colburn-Smith's book "The Milk Memos" she helps mothers deal with going back to work after having a baby. The book is from the notebooks that the new mothers wrote in the lactation room at IBM. Jay Gilbertson creates a whole new kind of family with best friends Ruby and Eve in "Moon over Madeline Island" and another 1-Minute Writing Lesson from Sara Lewis.
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