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Book of the Week: Alison Gangel - The Sun Hasn't Fallen From the Sky

Book of the Week: Alison Gangel - The Sun Hasn't Fallen From the Sky: Episode 1

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The Sun Hasn't Fallen from the Sky

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

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Seven-year-old Ailsa adores her Ma and Da, but alcohol sparks trouble.

4 Extra Debut. Seven-year-old Ailsa adores her Ma and Da, but alcohol sparks trouble. Maureen Beattie reads Alison Gangel's 60s Glasgow memoir.

Seven year old Ailsa Dunn's Ma is prettier than all the other mothers and her Da is the most handsome man in the world but when alcohol intrudes unpredictability reigns and when the man with the briefcase comes to call she senses the family is in trouble. 

Maureen Beattie reads Alison Gangel's vibrant memoir set in the Glasgow of the late 1960s.  

Producer: Jane Marshall 
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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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