Lives Intersecting

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
On today’s show, NPR's Deborah Amos reports on what the Sunni diaspora means for both Iraq and its neighbors. Then, Chris Cleave talks about his novel Little Bee, about a 16-year-old Nigerian orphan who can't escape her troubled past. And Actress Noomi Rapace and director Niels Anden Oplev discuss the film adaptation of the international bestseller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Plus, our latest Please Explain is all about hypnotism!

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