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The Radical Power of Personal Narrative:"Body Work" by Melissa Febos and "Normal Family" by Chrysta Bilton

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Given the obvious risks, why write a revealing memoir? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new books that reveal the radical power of personal narrative: "Body Work" by Melissa Febos and "Normal Family" by Chrysta Bilton. 

 

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