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Our favorite author interviews of 2013.

Hello again, I'm Aran Alney, and this is a year-end edition of To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans

care about most. Almost every day our program ends with a talking point about something interesting

that's not leading the news. Today, a collection of favorite conversations with the authors of

unusual books. One writer describes the dirt and the dignity of global recycling. That Nike shoebox

you just threw out might be the same one you threw out last year.

We'll hear how Chinese moviegoers affect what's at your local theater

and will peek inside the fully furnished but unoccupied house of an eccentric millionaires.

Finally, a tale of recovery and redemption.

What did one Jewish writer buy for the children of the

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with a special end of the year edition of To The Point.

We are rebroadcasting some of our favorite author interviews from 2013. In October,

we spoke with David Harris Gershon, whose wife, Jamie, was almost killed by a Palestinian bomber

several years ago in Jerusalem. Others were killed. When the bomber was tried, neither Jamie nor

David wanted to go to the courtroom. But after they'd moved back to the U.S. and had two children,

David was still haunted by the event. The result is a book called What Do You Buy the Children of

of the Terrorist who tried to kill your wife? David Harris Gershahn, welcome to The Point.

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