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"[An] iIntimate and beautifully told tale of the extraordinary coming together of four women who would help shape a network, the news business, and each other's lives. -- ""Stacey Vanek Smith, author of Machiavelli for Women"" [A] vivid and engrossing group biography...Napoli also tracks the battle for women's equality in newsrooms...[and] tells the instructive story of NPR's growth. -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" [A] well-researched deep dive into the careers of the journalists who helped make NPR a household name. -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" Illuminates the terrifying, thrilling energy of NPR as start-up...[in] the network's endearingly experimental, chaotic beginning. -- ""New York Times Book Review"" Inspiring insights into the pathbreaking work of these four women...[nd] how the status of some women and the role of the media have both changed in the last fifty years. -- ""Library Journal"" Napoli honors not the dog-eat-dog variety of journalist but the fortitude of sisterhood, of women supporting each other. -- ""Oprah.com"" Napoli impressively chronicles how these four pioneers paved the way for women journalists everywhere. -- ""Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt"" The founding mothers, in word and deed, offer a powerful lesson on what can happen when we carry as we climb. -- ""Washington Post"" While not a professional narrator, Napoli is an experienced radio and television journalist as well as author; her clarity, thoughtful pacing, and engaged narration suit the audiobook well. -- ""AudioFile"""

[An] iIntimate and beautifully told tale of the extraordinary coming together of four women who would help shape a network, the news business, and each other's lives. -- Stacey Vanek Smith, author of Machiavelli for Women [A] vivid and engrossing group biography...Napoli also tracks the battle for women's equality in newsrooms...[and] tells the instructive story of NPR's growth. -- Booklist (starred review) [A] well-researched deep dive into the careers of the journalists who helped make NPR a household name. -- Kirkus Reviews Illuminates the terrifying, thrilling energy of NPR as start-up...[in] the network's endearingly experimental, chaotic beginning. -- New York Times Book Review Inspiring insights into the pathbreaking work of these four women...[nd] how the status of some women and the role of the media have both changed in the last fifty years. -- Library Journal Napoli honors not the dog-eat-dog variety of journalist but the fortitude of sisterhood, of women supporting each other. -- Oprah.com Napoli impressively chronicles how these four pioneers paved the way for women journalists everywhere. -- Lynn Povich, author of The Good Girls Revolt The founding mothers, in word and deed, offer a powerful lesson on what can happen when we carry as we climb. -- Washington Post While not a professional narrator, Napoli is an experienced radio and television journalist as well as author; her clarity, thoughtful pacing, and engaged narration suit the audiobook well. -- AudioFile

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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lisa Napoli has had a long career in journalism, including staff reporting jobs at public radio's Marketplace, the pioneering New York Times CyberTimes, and as columnist/correspondent at MSNBC. She is the author, most recently, of Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News. She has also written a biography of NPR benefactor Joan Kroc, Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away, and a memoir, Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth. She lives in Los Angeles. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Lisa Napoli has had a long career in journalism, including staff reporting jobs at public radio's Marketplace, the pioneering New York Times CyberTimes, and as columnist/correspondent at MSNBC. She is the author, most recently, of Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News. She has also written a biography of NPR benefactor Joan Kroc, Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away, and a memoir, Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth. She lives in Los Angeles.

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