The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager

The Family Roe: An American Story

Joshua Prager

672 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A masterpiece of reporting on the Supreme Court’s most divisive case, Roe v. Wade, and the unknown lives at its heart.Despite her famous pseudonym, “Jane Roe,” no one knows the truth about Norma McCorvey (1947–2017), whose unwanted pregnancy in 19...

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informative 94%
challenging 52%
reflective 42%
emotional 27%
sad 25%
dark 15%
tense 10%
inspiring 1%

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medium 29%
fast 1%

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