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The Wreck

by Cassandra Jackson

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Book of the Day, NPR · May 25, 2023

Cassandra Jackson's memoir looks back on a how tragic accident shaped her family

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A memoir in which Cassandra Jackson explores a devastating car accident that killed five members of her father's family — including her aunt and grandmother — before she was born, examining the grief she inherited, her own struggle with infertility, and what she uncovered about segregation and media coverage along the way.

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