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Delightful. Unfortunately, it’s very hard to listen to in a public place without smiling like a fool. (I nearly laughed aloud in an airplane during the scene with Aunt Eugenia, Islington, and Hawkes having tea 😂)

“Poverty isn’t a line. It’s a tight knot of social maladies. It is connected to every social problem we care about—crime, health, education, housing—and its persistence in American life means that millions of families are denied safety and security and dignity in one of the richest nations in the history of the world.”

One chapter in and it’s already so so good. Definitely going to be recommending this one to all my mom friends.

Really hoping I like this because my expectations are HIGH

Whyyy did I let myself slog through Murtaugh when I could have been reading this!? I was hooked from the first page.

Wow I forgot how much gets left out of the movies

Hard pivot from Dark Age to educational philosophy

Accidentally read the middle third first…whoops. Blaming postpartum sleep deprivation 🤪