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Episode 4

Book at BedtimeBlack Orchids
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Amanda Root reads from Gillian Slovo's love story, set in 1950s Ceylon and London.

Evelyn cannot wait to start her new life as she and her young son, Milton, sail into London.

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Thu 27 Nov 200822:45
BBC Radio 4

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