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Episode: LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch, read by Marie Yovanovitch
Description: Former ambassador and long-term Foreign Service officer Marie Yovanovitch narrates with a clear purpose and a sure sense of pacing and timing. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile contributor Alan Minskoff discuss Yovanovitch’s narration of her memoir on her 33 year career in the foreign service. He explains that it acts as a kind of primer for recent history, with a focus on Russia and Ukraine. Both authoritative and prescient, she supplies the backstory on how the invasion came to be. It’s a compelling listen.Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Harper Audio.Find m...