Episode 3
Confronting her past, Svetlana recalls her paradoxical adoration for a strict and judgmental mother. Read by Stella Gonet.
By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne.
Finally resolving to confront the past, Svetlana describes her paradoxical adoration for a strict and judgmental mother, and the awful truth about her mother's untimely death....
Read by Stella Gonet
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
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Wed 14 Mar 201209:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Thu 15 Mar 201200:30BBC Radio 4
- Wed 1 Feb 201714:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 2 Feb 201702:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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