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Featuring:

Patricia Harman

The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir

Patricia Harman, author of The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir, is a former California hippie turned nurse-midwife. In 1998, she and her husband, an OB/GYN, founded Partners in Women's Health Care in Morgantown, WV.

Genre:Non-Fiction

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Michael Rosen

What Else but Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse

Michael Rosen, author of What Else but Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse, is a community organizer, former real estate developer, former financial and public sector CEO, and a former professor at NYU.

Genre:Non-Fiction

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Kath Weston

Traveling Light: On the Road with America's Poor

Kath Weston, author of Traveling Light, teaches at UVa and is a member of the National Writers Union. Her previous books include Families We Choose, Long Slow Burn, and Gender in Real Time.

Genre:Non-Fiction

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