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I Think the Nurses are Stealing My Clothes written by Linda Smith performed by Linda Smith on Audio CD (Unabridged)

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A never-before-heard collection of archive recordings of the wit and wisdom of Linda Smith - a "national treasure" of Radio 4 and BBC TV. (Links are narrated by Hattie Hayridge.) In this brilliant anthology Linda's fans can now hear original recordings of her live performances, never before heard by the public, compiled and edited by her partner of...

The Clothes on Their Backs written by Linda Grant performed by Sandra Duncan on Audio CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781407430508
Genre - Main:  Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Modern
Duration:  570 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Linda Grant
Performer 1:  Sandra Duncan
Rarity:  Extremely Rare

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE In a red brick mansion block off the Marylebone Road, Vivien, a sensitive, bookish girl grows up sealed off from both past and present by her timid refugee parents. Then one morning a glamorous uncle appears, dressed in a mohair suit, with a diamond watch on his wrist and a girl in a leopard-skin hat on his arm. Why is Uncle Sándor so violently unwelcome in her parents' home? This is a novel about survival - both banal and heroic - and...

a young woman who discovers the complications, even betrayals, that inevitably accompany the fierce desire to live. Set against the backdrop of a London from the 1950s to the present day,

The Clothes on Their Backs is a wise and tender novel about the clothes we choose to wear, the personalities we dress ourselves in, and about how they define us all.

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