Audio transcript LEILA FADEL, HOST: Through fragments of history - memory, grief and hope - author and psychologist Hala Alyan braids together the story of her life and the start of another.

In addition to these, Weissenbach also spent considerable time with Kenji Yoshikawa, a reindeer-herding permafrost expert, and Matt Nolan, an independent glaciologist who studies Alaska’s Arctic ...

Transcript LEILA FADEL, HOST: Through fragments of history - memory, grief and hope - author and psychologist Hala Alyan braids together the story of her life and the start of another.

Leila Fadel Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.

In her debut memoir, acclaimed Palestinian American novelist and poet Hala Alyan describes her journey of exile, surrogacy and finding home.