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Scenic Roots with Ray Bassett

“Life Expectancy”: A Memoir By Rachael Maddux

By Ray Bassett

Published September 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM EDT

Rachael Maddux

(Aired Mon 9/07/26)

A coming-of-age story is grounded in a time and a place.

For Chattanooga author Rachael Maddux, the story she tells in her memoir “Life Expectancy” is at the turn of the millennium in this corner of the Southeast.

This spring, I spoke with her.

A copy of “Life Expectancy” by Rachael Maddux.

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