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b'Janny Scott is the author of the\\xa0New York Times\\xa0best-selling book\\xa0A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama\'s Mother and most recently, The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune and the Story of My Father. As a reporter for\\xa0The New York Times\\xa0from 1994 to 2008, Janny was a member of the\\xa0reporting team that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Janny\\u2019s latest book, The Beneficiary, was chosen as one of\\xa0The New York Times\\xa0100 Notable Books of 2019 and one of NPR\'s Favorite Books of 2019. This family memoir explores three generations of Janny\\u2019s wealthy, aristocratic, Pennsylvania family and the effect this upbringing had on her and, primarily, her father. Jenny shared that her inspiration for the story was the combination of a literary urge to learn to write in a different way, combined with a deeply emotional feeling about her dad. Janny and I discussed her father\\u2019s journals and the role alcoholism has played in her family\\u2019s story. Janny shared her thoughts on family wealth and why it can often be a double-edged sword. Be sure to listen for the bit of family lore about\\xa0The Philadelphia Story\\xa0and Janny\\u2019s visits to a place she calls \\u201cThe Bureau."

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