"Memory Is Eloquent" with Lois Lowry

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Sep 28, 202138:39Society & Culture

Donalda McGeachy shares how she is still learning to overcome new challenges at age 101. Then Max talks with Lois Lowry about how writing books for young adults has helped her prepare for her own death. -- Know someone w...

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