The Quickening by Michelle Hoover

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Monday, January 24, 2011 through Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Read by Susan Sweeney.

Inspired by the life of the author’s great-grandmother, this is a moving story of two Iowa farm wives struggling to survive during the Depression.

(Other Press; ISBN-10: 1590513460 / ISBN: 9781590513460)

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