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'Here We Are' Recounts Struggle At The Heart Of Immigrant Family's Story

12:05pm October 01, 2019

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to NPR correspondent Aarti Shahani about her memoir: Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares, which tells how her family came to the U.S. from India.

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Aarti Shahani as a child with her sister and her father.

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In 'Here We Are,' Heart-Rending Challenges Of Immigration Are Exposed

11:56am October 01, 2019

by Martha Anne Toll

Aarti Shahani reports on Silicon Valley for NPR. But, as she details in her memoir, she's also from a family that followed a contorted, painful path to citizenship.

View of the Texas Gulf Coast (from Houston to Beaumont) taken in 1969 from space during the Apollo 9 mission.

'Big Wonderful Thing' Sets Us Straight On Texas, Moving Away From The Mythology

1:59pm September 30, 2019

by Michael Schaub

Stephen Harrigan's sprawling history of the Lone Star state showcases his enthusiasm for Texas; it's an endlessly fascinating look at how the state has evolved over the years.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening."

David Cameron Talks Brexit And His 'Greatest Regret' In New Book 'For The Record'

10:50am September 30, 2019

The former prime minister, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening."

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Renia Spiegel (left) and her younger sister, now known as Elizabeth Bellak, wade in the Dniester River around 1935. The photo can be seen on the cover of the published edition of Renia's Diary.

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Renia Spiegel's Diary Survived The Holocaust. People Are Finally Reading It

10:24am September 30, 2019

by Lynn Neary

Renia's Diary spent decades in a safe deposit box before being published this week in the U.S. It was written by a Jewish teenager in Poland before she was murdered by the Nazis.

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Novel Centers On When The Heart Stops Beating But The Brain Remains Active

6:08am September 30, 2019

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Elif Shafak about her book: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. The novel is shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.

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A Conversation With The Author Of 'Impeachment: An American History'

4:47pm September 29, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Timothy Naftali about the history of impeachment in America.

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In Meg Cabot's Latest, Saving Animals, Finding Love, And Making 'No Judgments'

10:00am September 29, 2019

by Kamrun Nesa

The heroine of Cabot's new novel, inspired by a real story, tries not to judge the neglectful people who've abandoned their pets after a hurricane batters her Florida home town. Hint: It's difficult.

Work And Motherhood In 'Maternal Optimism'

8:02am September 29, 2019

Danna Greenberg and Jamie Ladge wrote Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths Through Work and Motherhood. They told NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that balancing parenting and work changes as kids grow.

"You are not so different," squawked Seagull, who flew overhead. "You both cast long shadows."

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A Sailor Meets A Fisherman In 1534: It's An 'Encounter,' Not A Discovery

8:02am September 29, 2019

by Samantha Balaban

"Growing up I would hear about our peoples being 'discovered' ... " says author Brittany Luby. "I would go home and my parents would tell me: That's not actually how things happened."