Ep. 45 Vanessa McGrady on Adoption and Memoirs
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2019
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Stacks, author and journalist Vanessa McGrady talks with us about her new book, Rock Needs River, a memoir about becoming a mother through open adoption. We also talk about micro-aggressions , dark and twisty memoirs, and some of Vanessa's favorite books about adoption.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of The Stacks. I am your host Tracy Thomas and today our guest is journalist and author Vanessa |
| 0:15.3 | Magrady whose brand new book Rock Needs River, a memoir about a very open adoption, was released |
| 0:21.2 | just this month. If you've listened and loved the Stacks you can get more |
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