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The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

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This book is DENSE. Prager wasn‘t simply satisfied with distilling a landmark Supreme Court case, he wanted to uncover every stone that led to it, & every window those stones shattered afterward.

It‘s a pretty sad account, not for political biases, but for the constant displays of bad faith by all those involved. What should make Roe a conversation topic isn‘t the ideology but its manipulation.

📸: Norma McCorvey 2011 by Bob Daemmrich

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BC_Dittemore

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

Pick for Women‘s History Month.

Struggled to make a choice. While I have plenty of great options on my TBR, I needed to find something readily available and in audiobook. Scoured a bunch of lists, checked Audible, Goodreads, etc. Finally, one of my Libby librarys had a featured list & since I‘ve been leaning toward politics and law lately this caught my eye.

The story behind ‘Jane Roe‘ and what led up to her infamous case and its aftermath.

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Deblovestoread

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

#12DaysofChristmas #February

Loved this in depth look at Roe v Wade from my 2023 #AuldLangSpine list from @Amiable

@Andrew65

Andrew65 An interesting choice. 1y

Amiable It was very well done, agreed! 1y

Christine This is one that I plan to get to early, possibly first!! 1y

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Deblovestoread

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

#FebruaryWrapUp. 3 bingos and #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin read. It was unusual month as I normally read equally between print, digital and audio but half of my February books were in print. 16 books 5958 pages a very good month 😊

TheAromaofBooks

wisherwishinguponastar Congrats! I must say that I love a good graph, especially when it has fun info! 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Great month!! 2y

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Deblovestoread

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

I only read one non fiction book in February but it was a winner off my #AuldLangSpine list and is the best of the year so far.

Amiable It's long enough that it should count as 2! :) 2y

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Deblovestoread

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

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This book was 11 years in the making and I think it would have been incredibly hard to write an unbiased account of all the players in Roe v Wade. I think Prager did that. It is long. I listened on audio, got lost a couple of times and cringed a bit at some of the descriptions. It is complete account of the woman behind Roe, her family and children as well as the religious leaders and politicians of the time. Another great pick from my #ALS list

Amiable, monalyisha

Amiable I'm so glad you liked it! It is a complicated story and I thought Prager told it completely and well. (edited) 2y

Deblovestoread @Amiable I am glad you had it on your list! I might not have picked it up otherwise and it was fascinating. 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Just checking! Did you get the package we sent? I may have missed a tag 🥰 2y

Megabooks Stacked! 2y

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Mitch

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

Mr K had a work trip to Miami… I sent him off with a list of titles. Bless him - the shop didn‘t have any in my list so he choose three himself. Love Mr K ♥️

Mitch Ps…. Swedish Fish are the best reading snack! 2y

Soubhiville That‘s so sweet! And Swedish Fish are the best. 😁 2y

Mitch @Soubhiville he also picked up a kilo of BBQ seasoning salt! 2y

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Ruthiella What a guy! 2y

Mitch @Ruthiella Well trained 🤣🤣🤣 2y

LeahBergen Nice! 👏 2y

mcctrish Well he‘s a keeper 👏🏻👏🏻 2y

squirrelbrain These all look great! 2y

MicheleinPhilly Books & Books in Key West??? I ❤️ that store! It‘s owned by Judy Blume! 2y

AlaMich Miami? Lucky him! 2y

Soubhiville Well of course he did! 2y

Amiable Great picks! I think I want Mr. K to choose some books for me! 😀 2y

Chelleo Love it! And agree about the Swedish fish 🤓 2y

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Deblovestoread

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

I have really upped my nonfiction game this year so am super stoked about my #AuldLangSpine list from @Amiable In January I will be reading at least one of these NF and one F book but intend, as always, to read as many off the list as I can throughout the year. I have already read and loved 10, 12, and 13 so I have a great bunch of books to explore. Well done, Amy! Thanks Alisha for a great match!

monalyisha

monalyisha You‘re welcome! I‘ll put in a word of support for Disappearing Earth. I absolutely loved that book! 2y

Megabooks I‘m with @monalyisha in putting in a good word for DE! 2y

TheKidUpstairs @monalyisha @megabooks I keep looking at that one in the library... Maybe 2023 will be the year I finally bring it home! 2y

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monalyisha @TheKidUpstairs Yes! There‘s so much to talk about, too! I remember really bonding with a coworker (who‘s since left, sadly) about our theories! The writing is stellar. 2y

Amiable Oh, I‘m glad my list appeals to you! I cringe every time I submit my super nonfiction-heavy lists—I envision @monalyisha pulling her hair out trying to match me with someone. 😀 2y

Chelsea.Poole @amiable I felt the same…My list was half fiction and half nonfiction. Once I gave NF a chance, it‘s been life changing, honestly 🙌 @monalyisha @thekidupstairs @megabooks Also, with you all on

Disappearing Earth

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Amiable @Chelsea.Poole I‘d love to see your nonfiction list, too! 2y

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Sophronisba

The Family Roe: An American Story | Joshua Prager

This book is excellent and I cannot get over how sad the life of Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe“) was -- she was used by pro-choice feminists and she was used by Operation Rescue and I'm not sure she knew herself how she felt about abortion rights by the end.

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