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    The Moth Radio Hour

    Deer Meat, Dance Moves and Motherhood

    A mother tries to create a perfect life for her children; a bizarre interruption during a poker game; and a little boy's childhood comes to a screeching halt on a highway.

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    Aug 30, 2015 • 1 min read

    Joyce Maynard is obsessed with creating an absolutely perfect life for her children. Moth founder George Dawes Green (pictured) details a bizarre interruption during a beloved poker game in Georgia. And Kevin Free remembers the North Carolina car accident that changed his life forever. Hosted by The Moth's Artistic Director, Catherine Burns.

    Learn more or listen again to this week's episode, which originally aired on August 18, 2013.

    Photo: Sarah Stacke

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