'The Ones We Sent Away'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 11, 2023

Jennifer Senior, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory (Atlantic Editions, 2023), talks about her September cover story about the practice of institutionalizing children with developmental difficulties, including her maternal aunt.

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