NPR News: 'The White Hot' asks: If men can go find themselves, why can't women?

'The White Hot' asks: If men can go find themselves, why can't women?
Quiara Alegría Hudes' novel was inspired by Siddhartha and other classic tales of men seeking enlightenment. It's about a mother in Philadelphia who buys a bus ticket, leaving her daughter behind.

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