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The Shelley Irwin Show

Force of Nature

By Shelley Irwin

Published March 19, 2024 at 9:12 AM EDT

Ann Burg shares her new book.

Force of Nature is a book for middle grade readers, a fictionalized telling of Rachel Carson’s life, naturalist, marine biologist and author of Silent Spring. This author of Force of Nature: A Novel of Rachel Carson is Ann Burg, a story with a call to action.

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Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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