Two children's books examine the meaning of home
NPR's Book of the Day
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The Song Doesn't Pull Any Punches
The song doesn't pull any punches at that point or the words, you know, you said I couldn't build the house and so you burnt it down. There's this sort of narrative of everybody can just like haul themselves up by their bootstraps and everybody has an equal chance. "It's really incredible how much we're not told," she says.
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