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Memento Mori and The Motherless Bear
Episode 5 of 6
The award-winning American essayist on the consequences of buying your partner an antique skeleton and a dark fable about mourning. From July 2011.
The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience readings. This week: The consequences of buying your partner an antique skeleton in "Memento Mori" and a dark fable about mourning: "The Motherless Bear".
Producer: Steve Doherty
A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4.
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