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Radio 4,08 Mar 2013,58 mins

Alice Walker; Judy Murray; MPs job-sharing?

Woman's Hour

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How practical would it be for MPs to job share? Award winning novelist Alice Walker and director Pratibha Parmar discuss a new film about her life called Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth. How much does the loss of a mother affect a daughter? Playwright Lucy Gannon and bereavement and emotional therapist Maureen Fearon discuss the loss of their mothers and the impact it has had on their lives. And the defence of marital coercion, Angela Epstein talks about the use of this obscure law following the conviction of Vicky Pryce. Presented by Sheila McClennon.

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