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DMPL Podcast: Katherine Dykstra, author of 'What Happened to Paula'

On today's podcast, author Katherine Dykstra chats with host Aaron Gernes about her 2021 book What Happened To Paula: On the Death of an American Girl. The book details the 1970 disappearance and death of Cedar Rapids teenager Paula Oberbroeckling, reflecting on who or what may have caused her death, and also reflects on what it means to be a woman over the past half-century.

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Published on December 22, 2021
Last Modified December 22, 2024