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In Laura Cumming's new book, everything changes for her mother when a secret is revealed.

In Laura Cumming's book about her mother, everything changes when the silence is broken and a secret is revealed. Read by Laura Cumming and Susan Jameson.

Laura Cumming's new book opens with the  disappearance of her mother, Betty, as a child in 1929. Discovered, unharmed, after five  agonising days, the exact circumstances of the kidnap remained shrouded in mystery for fifty years.  In today's episode,  Betty is on a bus and on her way home from school when the silence is broken, a secret is revealed and everything changes. Read by Laura Cumming and Susan Jameson.

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Laura Cumming's new book unravels the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child.

Book of the Week: Art critic Laura Cumming uses the family photo album to unravel the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child. Read by Laura Cumming and Susan Jameson.

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