#1596 – Madeleine Kunin

February 19, 2019 00:25:00
#1596 – Madeleine Kunin
The Book Show
#1596 – Madeleine Kunin

Feb 19 2019 | 00:25:00

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Show Notes

Madeleine Kunin is the former three-term governor of Vermont, who served as the deputy secretary of education and ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton. In her new book, “Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties,” the topic is aging but she looks well beyond the physical tolls and explores the emotional ones as well.

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