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Kim Edwards, Sybille Bedford, Sarah Dunant, Reading Clinic

Mariella Frostrup talks to American novelist Kim Edwards about her new book and looks back at the life and work of writer Sybille Bedford with This Life creator Amy Jenkins.

Mariella Frostrup talks to the American author Kim Edwards, author of the the bestselling novel The Memory Keeper's Daughter, about her new book The Lake of Dreams.

She also looks back at the life and work of writer Sybille Bedford with This Life creator Amy Jenkins and biographer Victoria Glendenning.

Plus, novelist Sarah Dunant offers horizon-expanding reader advice to a teenage girl in the Open Book reading clinic.

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30 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Mar 201116:00

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  • Sun 27 Feb 201116:00
  • Thu 3 Mar 201116:00

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