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Fresh Water from Old Wells

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"After a lifetime of hearing ... stories but never fully understanding them, McMahon set out with a map and tape recorder to learn three things: (1) how the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath shaped, or misshaped, her father; (2) …

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"After a lifetime of hearing ... stories but never fully understanding them, McMahon set out with a map and tape recorder to learn three things: (1) how the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath shaped, or misshaped, her father; (2) how growing up in a family with this embittered, violent, and then absent father shaped her; and (3) how she survived it all remarkably intact."--Page 4 of cover.

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