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World Service,27 May 2002,28 mins

A Whirlwind Affair

Everywoman

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Upon the publication of her memoirs, Memory Maps, English novelist Lisa St Aubin De Teran talks about her three tumultous marriages including a whirlwind first marriage to a much-older Venezualan exile. Also on the programme: The women in Chile who want the legal right to divorce. Plus, a look at the plans to build the first woman-only university in Asia; and a chat to the only female demolition engineer on the block!

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