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You know, I just recently watched that movie, The Iron Claw, about the real life Von Erick

wrestling family, and a central theme of the movie is how tragedy can follow a family around.

And it's a theme shared by the two books we've got for you today. In a bit, we'll talk about

how cancer worked its way through one family. But first, Michelle Hornton's And it's a theme shared by the two books we've got for you today. In a bit, we'll talk about how

cancer worked its way through one family. But first, Michelle Horton's sister, Nicole Audamondo,

shot and killed her own husband. She was sentenced to a long stinted prison, and the legal system

did not take into account the wealth of evidence that Nicole's husband had been abusive to her.

The book is called Dear Sister,

and it's about Michelle's efforts to reduce her sister's prison sentence

while also holding the entire family,

including her sister's kids, together through all of this.

She spoke with Here and Now as Robin Young

about how validating it all felt

when someone in the

legal system actually listens to them. That's ahead. In the U.S., national security news can feel

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