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Radio 4,14 Jan 2019,14 mins

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Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books, abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams. We are introduced to the household in a village in Sussex, mother, grandmother and some brothers. One day baby David goes missing and Mummy retires to her bedroom for "two hundred sleeps". At this point the author turns to Miss Marple to make sense of things. Abridged in five parts by Katrin Williams: Read by Lydia Leonard. Producer: Duncan Minshull First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.

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