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Novelist Julie Otsuka draws on her own family history in 'The Swimmers'
View Date:2025-01-07 13:18:27
Otsuka has recently been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Excellence for her novel about a Japanese American woman who's lost much of her memory to dementia. Originally broadcast Feb. 22, 2022.
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