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Grandmothers by Salley Vickers: 1. Perfect Send Off

1. Perfect Send Off

Grandmothers by Salley Vickers

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Nan contemplates the perfect send off with the help of her grandson.

Nan contemplates the perfect send off with the help of her grandson. A tender story about grandparents read by Eleanor Bron.

Three very different women’s lives collide in Salley Vickers’ tender novel about grandparents and the children they help to raise.  

Nan contemplates the perfect send off with the help of her grandson.

Read by Eleanor Bron.

Written and abridged in ten parts by Salley Vickers.   

Producer:  Kirsty Williams

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019.

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Three very different women's lives collide in Salley Vickers' tender new novel.

Three very different women's lives collide in Salley Vickers' tender new novel about grandparents and the children they help to raise. Read by Eleanor Bron.

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