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Radio 4,14 mins,

Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Available for over a year

As she cares for Mackerel and recalls caring for her brother, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett thinks about the nature of care; and all the hard work, and love, that it involves. She wonders if she will ever want to be a mother. And, underlying her questioning are her memories of being in Paris at the time of the terrorist attacks. The Year of the Cat is written and read by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, abridged by Julian Wilkinson and produced by Nicola Holloway.

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