Still Life by Sarah Winman

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Still Life by Sarah Winman: Episode 1

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An epic and big-hearted novel about art, food and friendship set in Tuscany.

Sarah Winman's sweeping novel of love, art, food and friendship set in Tuscany. Read by Will Howard.

A big-hearted novel about love, art and the importance of the family we choose. 

As the Allies advance on Florence in 1944, East End soldier Ulysses Temper and sexagenarian art historian Evelyn Skinner bond over salvaged art and Tuscan red. Evelyn's musings on truth and beauty plant a seed in Ulysses' mind that will change his life.

Read by Will Howard
Written by Sarah Winman
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

Sarah Winman is the award-winning author of WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and TIN MAN.

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