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'On Our Way to Beautiful' Karen Grigsby Bates speaks to author Yolanda Young whose autobiography, On Our Way to Beautiful, reveals the details of her childhood and the way her family helped her out in times of crisis and in times of joy.

'On Our Way to Beautiful'

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'On Our Way to Beautiful'

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Karen Grigsby Bates speaks to author Yolanda Young whose autobiography, On Our Way to Beautiful, reveals the details of her childhood and the way her family helped her out in times of crisis and in times of joy.

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