February 16, 2016

Diane Rehm Talks About Her New Memoir, 'On My Own'


Jill Ditmire
NPR Host Diane Rehm talked to Jill Ditmire about her new book, “On My Own."

NPR Host Diane Rehm talked to Jill Ditmire about her new book, “On My Own."

NPR Host Diane Rehm talks to WFYI’s Jill Ditmire about her new book, “On My Own." It's a memoir of what it has been like to lose her husband of 54 years, how he was forced to take his own life, and what her life has been like since and will be as she retires later this year.

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