Janice Strootman is the author of “Child Heart: Notes from a Kindergarten Teacher,” and her newest book, “Travel Heart: Journals of a Travel Junkie.” She is working on her third book, “Family Heart,” more info on that in the future. Please listen in as she reads “The Alcatraz Swim” from “Travel Heart.”

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