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I have a 14 hour over two days road trip coming up this week and struggle with fiction in audio form (idk why, I really wish I loved it). But I can often get into audio nonfiction much more easily and NOW I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA LISTEN TO. Thanks so much for this, can't wait to dive in :) Already downloaded the audio of Murderer from the library!

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Yay! I've listened to a couple of her books on audio and they're not *quite* as great, because you miss all the awesome images she includes, but they're still pretty good. Drive safe!

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Aahh, gotcha. That's good to know. I'll have to do both then :)

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Sep 17Liked by Sarah Miller

I first heard about Jarrow from YOU! And last year, while I was reading through Civil War history biographies and novels with my then 16 + 14 year olds, we also read through Blood & Germs. It was PERFECT for the topic we were already going through, and wow...she is not kidding when she says she adds primary sources and lots of photographs. Some are truly heartbreaking (word to the sensitive...) but so informative about the topic of disease and medical procedures during early war periods.

Have you ever read non-fiction by Mary Roach? She's like a middle-school/teenage writer that writes 'same, same, but different'.

If you haven't? Hold on to your hookworms, you're going to Mars!!

https://maryroach.net/

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YAY! I remember you telling me you were going to get a hold of Blood & Germs -- I'm so glad it was perfect.

And yes, I know Mary Roach -- I've read all of her books. Huge fan.

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