Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe

12 Jul 2025 • 48 min • EN
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Tamara Yajia grew up Jewish in Argentina, intent on becoming a child star. But just when her break was coming along, her family emigrated to California. Her new memoir is Cry for Me, Argentina. TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new HBO Max documentary about Ms. magazine. Leila Mottley's novel The Girls Who Grew Big follows a group of teenage mothers in the Florida Panhandle who form a close-knit community to support each other through the challenges of young motherhood. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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