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Dec 2024
39m 36s

Susan Rieger and Surviving Your Mother

ABC NEWS | CHARLIE GIBSON, KATE GIBSON
About this episode
We know we want to talk to an author if we argue long and lustily about a book’s themes. And Like Mother, Like Mother, the newest by Susan Rieger, has so many themes: how we cannot escape our mothers, the concept of whether women can “have it all”, the debate on nature vs. nurture…and so much more. These are characters that will stay with you long after you ... Show More
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