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Laleh Khadivi's new novel asks how well we know our mothers

NPR | By Linah Mohammad,

Debbie Elliott, Sarah Robbins

Published September 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM CDT

In Laleh Khadivi's new novel "Female Life on Planet Earth", a woman finds photographs that reveal unknown layers of her late mother's past.

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