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My First Best Friend

In this episode, Lisa French takes you to a house on the corner of Elm and 10th Street in Lincoln, Illinois, where her very first best friend lived. Her Grandma French was born in 1900, collected dolls she'd find at yard sales and fix up, played rolls of music on her player piano, listened to the emergency radio scanner, and made Grandpa take her to the racetrack even though he thought racing was foolish. From dominoes partnerships and pizza delivery rituals to a buttercup yellow house and a trophy collection that grew with every race, this is a portrait of a woman who was steady, grounded…

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