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Writer Jeannie Vanasco discusses her new memoir 'A Silent Treatment'

A mother frequently stops talking to her daughter after moving in with her, but why? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jeannie Vanasco about her mother and her memoir "A Silent Treatment."

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.