On the Bookshelf: A chat with ‘The Senator Next Door’
Amy Klobuchar’s “The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland" was released last month in paperback
Transcripts of speeches from the Democratic National Convention
Amy Klobuchar’s “The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland” is frank and funny in its tale of a suburban girl who grew up the daughter of a successful but alcoholic journalist father and a compassionate but exacting teacher mother. Released last month in paperback, the book traces the senator’s path from a teenage ...
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