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Sandra Tsing Loh is a 'Mother on Fire'

Public radio commentator and author Sandra Tsing Loh talks with Steve Kraske about her new book Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting!By Up to Date, Dec 10, 2008

Kansas City, MO – Public radio commentator and author Sandra Tsing Loh talks with Steve Kraske about her new book Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting!, her experiences in attempting to find a suitable school for her four-year old daughter and the major realization it brought her.

They also discussed Sandra's career as a writer, performer and commentator including the recognition she gained when she was fired by a Santa Monica-based NPR station because of an obscenity in her on-air commentary.

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