Review: Rachel Aviv's "You Won't Get Free of It" Explores Mothers and Daughters Through a Decade of Reporting
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A review of Rachel Aviv's book "You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters," a collection of expanded and revised essays originally published in The New Yorker. The book spans a decade of reporting, including Aviv's first piece for the magazine from 2011 about Linda Bishop, a New Hampshire woman who went off her medication and spent her final days in an abandoned house. The review explores the themes of motherhood, daughterhood, and the complexities of family relationships as examined through Aviv's journalistic lens.
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· 3 pulledTHE ESSAYS IN Rachel Aviv's fantastic new book, You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters, are expanded and revised from pieces originally published in The New Yorker, where she's a staff writer.
They span a decade of reporting, including Aviv's piece on Linda Bishop, a New Hampshire woman who went off her meds and spent her final days in an abandoned house (Aviv's first piece for the magazine, published in 2011)
and what could be considered the book's
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