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Alison Gangel - The Sun Hasn't Fallen From the Sky

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Seven-year-old Ailsa is taken from her warm but chaotic parents and placed in an orphanage

1960s Glasgow. Ailsa is placed in a strict orphanage. Confused and unhappy, she loses her bearings. Read by Maureen Beattie.

Seven year old Ailsa Dunn adores her handsome Da and her pretty Ma but when alcohol intrudes chaos reigns and she and her sister are removed from home and taken to an orphanage. This is the Glasgow of the late 1960s and the strict regime is fiercely resented by the two feisty girls. Confused and unhappy Ailsa loses her bearings until she meets an inspirational teacher and timidly asks if he will teach her to play the piano.

Maureen Beattie reads Alison Gangel's vibrant memoir. 


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Alison Gangel's moving memoir of a chaotic childhood in late 1960s Glasgow.

Alison Gangel's moving memoir of a chaotic childhood in late 1960s Glasgow. Read by Maureen Beattie

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