Janet Reitman — The Inheritance: An American Tragedy in Five Acts - With Annie Karni — at Conn Ave

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A stunning work of narrative nonfiction that traces the lives of nine Americans over three decades, offering a vivid account of a nation in crisis—from award winning New York Times Magazine writer Janet Reitman A thrill seeking former Navy pilot chases adventure in Afghanistan, while in suburbia, his teenage son spirals into extremism. The grandson of African freedom fighters joins the FBI to save America from terrorism and ends up terrorizing the African immigrants he'd sworn to protect. A young Marine who sees himself as a true blue American goes to war in Iraq, comes home broken, and is reborn as white nationalist. An idealistic young attorney defends a Palestinian engineer she believes is wrongly accused of funding Hamas. These four people, and five others, struggl…

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