The Politics Hour – July 13, 2018
Will the D.C. Council overturn Initiative 77? Can a Republican win a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland? And what's going on with the Montgomery County Executive race?
Guest Host: Jen Golbeck
A teenager ensconced in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community has her world ripped apart by her mother’s affair. She and her family are exiled from the congregation, and it’s only as an adult she’s able to come to terms with the past and forgive her mother. We speak with the novel’s author.
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- Michelle Brafman Author, "Washing the Dead"
READ: Washing The Dead Excerpt
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