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FDBC learns the “Facts of Life”

You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have…an eighties theme song, but not Gary Soto’s “Facts of Life”. Soto’s collection of stories is also about adolescent maturation, and we discussed our favorites of the bunch and why we liked them. Themes include self identity, responsibility, and investing in one’s self.

https://fatherdaughterbookclub.com/podcast/facts-of-life/

Up next: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho