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The Book Show #1496 - Helene Cooper

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published March 21, 2017 at 3:00 PM EDT
Book Cover - Madame President

In Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Helene Cooper tells the harrowing and triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history.
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