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and she interlaces the story with complicated relationships that reveal each character’s idea of friendship

But as she plans to escape and heads out into a country torn apart by war

the book features the personal spaces of dozens of private celebrities like Barack and Michelle Obama

Bookish Broads illuminates the transformative legacy of women writers and invites us to join a story still unfolding

Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie Illustrated by Floyd Cooper and are now symbols ofA bestselling group biography of the four beloved women who fought sexism and covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR. In the years following the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the newsroom were often relegated to secretarial roles or the "women's pages." But when a pioneering nonprofit called National Public Radio launched in the 1970s, the door to serious journalism opened a crackand four remarkable women pushed it wide