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Radio 4,24 Aug 2016,15 mins

Father and Son

Four Thought

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Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed the traumatic experiences of his early life, explaining his failure to be a loving parent to his son. "I recalled the nightmares and mood swings he had suffered when I was young, and I began to realise that for most of his life, my father had suffered from acute untreated trauma." Producer: Sheila Cook.

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