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Coming up on Isa’s Book Club: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse on ‘The Convoy’

By Julia Puckette, CNN

Published 2:52 PM EDT, Mon April 14, 2025

Coming up on Isa's Book Club: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse on 'The Convoy'

Rwandan-French author Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse joins Isa's Book Club to discuss her new memoir 'The Convoy'.

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