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Amy Liptrot on Motherhood in Owl Woods

The EssayA Landscape for Recovery

Writer Amy Liptrot traces two years of visiting Owl Woods in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, with her young children and their friends.

Written and read by Amy Liptrot
Recorded in the woods in Calderdale in West Yorkshire
Produced in Aberdeen by Helen Needham

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14 minutes

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Wed 7 Dec 202222:45
BBC Radio 3

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