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The Loyalty Card That Revealed My "Dead" Uncle Was Alive
The Loyalty Card That Revealed My "Dead" Uncle Was Alive
Fear that a long-held family story is a lie: a laminates Pennfield loyalty card, zip-tied to a fence, named Frances Bauer and led to the discovery that the uncle George Cox believed dead for thirty-nine years was living four miles away; how did a grocery card, a paper bag under a sink, and a spreadsheet expose what one woman had kept hidden?
In this episode, we follow the objects and routines that carried a family secret: a loyalty card on Kessler Street, weekly visits and grocery orders, and the threads connecting Frances Bauer, her…
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