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Short Works: The Blooming by Olga Grushin

The Blooming by Olga Grushin

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A woman falls in love and then her furniture starts to sprout flowers and grass.

A woman falls in love for the first time, and finds her furniture sprouting flowers and grass. Read by Emerald O’Hanrahan.

A young woman falls in love for the first time in her life, and, to her surprise, finds that the furniture in her small rental apartment starts to sprout flowers and grass.  

An original short work for radio written by Olga Grushin.

Read by Emerald O'Hanrahan.

Producer:  Jeremy Osborne.

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