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Welcome to the WBZ book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. Barbara Butcher is the

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author of a new memoir story of
an alcoholic who sank to the very bottom,

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found relief in AA and serendipitously wound
up in a whole new career.

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She became a coroner and writes about
it in her book What the Dead No

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Learning about life as a New York
City death investigator. Her work over the

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years took her to the scenes of
fatal accidents, homicides, suicides, and

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any number of challenging situations. She
was an investigator who covered all parts of

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the Big Apple, from Park Avenue
penthouses to the city slums. Barbara Butcher

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was only the second woman to take
on that role, and she worked many

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famous death scenes, including the crash
of American Airlines Flight five eighty seven and

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the Staten Island Ferry disaster in two
thousand and three. A fascinating story about

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a woman who met death head on. Always mindful and respectful to those who

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lost their lives, do check out
Barbara Butcher's new book, What the Dead

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Know. And That's the Book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio