Writer and editor Veronica Chambers on Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits, demanding a better education, and the power of family lore.

To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out The Exorcistby William Peter Blatty, Queen Beyand Mama's Girlby Veronica Chambers, and The House of the Spiritsby Isabel Allende.

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