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If you want to read a nonfiction book that will have you wanting to throw the book or your phone when you listen to an audiobook, please pick this one up. I personally picked this one up after a friend mentioned it to me after we discussed what exactly is going on with Britney Spears (Free Britney btw).

This was extremely frustrating in the sense that once again, I am learning historical information about the United States from a book. Facts that will probably never be taught in school. Who know President Harding was a proponent of eugenics and sterilization? I sure didn't - take him off your list of favorite presidents (I sure hope he wasn't but take him off). 

This tragic story follows Ann Cooper Hewitt and her fight against her mother in court after her mother has her sterilized right before Ann turns 21 plus the history of the Cooper Hewitt family and Ann's mother's dalliances (of which there are many).

We also got information on the history of eugenics and sterilization in both the United States and Europe (including who exactly did Hitler and the Nazis get inspiration from for their disgusting and deplorable eugenics).

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