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Radio 4,07 May 2015,58 mins

Sheila Kitzinger, Minette Walters, Joy Williams

Woman's Hour

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Minette Walters, crime writer, returns with The Cellar, her first novel in 8 years. It tells the story of Muna whose fortunes change for the better on the day that Mr and Mrs Songoli's younger son fails to come home from school. But everything is not quite what it seems. Sheila Kitzinger spent fifty years campaigning for women to have choice in the way they give birth. She died on April 11th. Her daughters Celia and Jenny recorded their mother's final thoughts. They share these with Jenni and discuss their mother's autobiography, A Passion for Birth. Musician Joy Williams is best known for being part of the duo The Civil Wars. The country folk band broke up in 2014, and this year Joy has decided to make a music come back. She joins Jenni to talk about her career, winning four Grammys and performs her new single. Eva Fernandes, organiser of A Celebration of Breast Feeding in Bristol on breast milk as food.

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