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"Monster Mothers" (August 18, 2013)

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Shep wonders what makes mothers so reviled in literature.

If you want to author a best-selling book, include an unlikeable mother as one of the characters. In this program from August 18, 1965, Shep looks at the horrible mother as a literary device and thinks where the writer comes from plays a role in how moms are portrayed.

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