Author Shobha Rao on Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Little House on the Prairie, coming to America, and the power of literature across the ages. To learn more about the books we've mentioned in this week's episode, check out The Berlin Stories and Christopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood, An Unrestored Woman and Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao, and The Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. You can find transcripts of this episode and past ones on LitHub. This episode is sponsored by The Great Courses Plus (thegreatcoursesplus.com/anotherstory) and Boomer1. Listen to Nutrition Diva wherever you listen to podcasts.

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