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Book of the Week: A Sense of Direction: Episode 5

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Gideon Lewis-Kraus goes to Uman in Ukraine to meet his elusive father.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus goes on to Uman in Ukraine to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with brother Micah - and their elusive father! Read by Patrick Kennedy.

The author Gideon Lewis-Kraus describes leaving America for life in Berlin, to ease the sadness after his father abandoned the family home. But Berlin isn't enough and only embarking on a series of world-wide pilgrimages will help him. The journeys turn out both amusing and moving, and are abridged in five episodes by Katrin Williams..

5. It's to Uman in Ukraine to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with
brother Micah - and their elusive father!

Reader Patrick Kennedy
Producer Duncan Minshull

Book of the Week: A Sense of Direction

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Drama: Biographical

Inspired by family upheaval, Gideon Lewis-Kraus goes on a series of global pilgrimages. 

By Gideon Lewis-Kraus. Inspired by family upheaval, the author sets out on a series of global pilgrimages. Read by Patrick Kennedy.

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