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Short Works: Give Me a Buzz by Emma Healey

Give Me a Buzz

Give Me a Buzz by Emma Healey

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Art history and the art of telephoning mingle in a story about a mother and daughter.

One of five stories originally commissioned to celebrate the 2016 BBC National Short Story Awards. In Give Me A Buzz by Emma Healey, art history and the art of telephoning connect.

One of five new stories originally commissioned from outstanding younger writers to accompany the 2016 BBC National Short Story Award:

GIVE ME A BUZZ by Emma Healey
Carla has a telephone phobia, whilst her mother is seldom off the thing. Mother has a PHD in History of Art, and somehow telephoning and Dutch Flower Paintings become connected in this world of theirs..

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Producer Duncan Minshull

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