Mary Childers: "Welfare Brat" (Bloomsbury)

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Friday, August 5, 2005 - 11:06 a.m.

Mary Childers has a Ph.D. and a professional career, but her childhood was poor and chaotic. She joins Diane to talk about her memoir of breaking her family's cycle of poverty and welfare.

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Mary Childers

human resources consultant for colleges and universities

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