Author and journalist Kristen Millares Young shares lessons she learned from her Cuban mom Carmen on how to break ground while having a community orientation, how to be adaptable and resilient and thrive in a new environment, and on novels being a way of studying the human mind. Kristen also talks about her new novel "Subduction", about the Makah Tribe featured in her novel, and about the challenges of motherhood.

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The books we mentioned are "Wintering" by Katherine May and "Chemistry" by Weike Wang.