In 'The Good Daughter,' hard realities are met with some humor

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Published November 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM CST

nov 12 peacockNPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Karin Slaughter and Rose Byrne about their new TV series, The Good Daughter.

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