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I Stand Here Ironing

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A short story by TILLIE OLSEN
Read by AnnleTtoss
A mother stands at the ironing board and reflects on the life of her first-born, Emily, a child of the war years.
' She is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless before the iron.'
Producer PAT TRUEMAN

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Story By:
Tillie Olsen
Producer:
Pat Trueman
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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