Scott Simon's Personal Tragedy, And The Internet Community That Supported Him

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 2, 2015

This is a rebroadcast of an interview which originally aired March 31, 2015

When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, his meditations on his mother's life spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love, and that is the subject of his memoir,  Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime

 

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