On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs distilled from fragments and legends of past generations: Rebecca Donner "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" and Maud Newton's "Ancestor Trouble." See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs distilled from fragments and legends of past generations: Rebecca Donner "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" and Maud Newton's "Ancestor Trouble." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new memoirs distilled from fragments and legends of past generations: Rebecca Donner "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" and Maud Newton's "Ancestor Trouble." See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Generations past: "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" by Rebecca Donner and "Ancestor Trouble",by Maud Newton

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Generations past: "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" by Rebecca Donner and "Ancestor Trouble",by Maud Newton

Generations past: "All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days" by Rebecca Donner and "Ancestor Trouble",by Maud Newton

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