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4 Extra Debut. Terrible nightmares about her dead daughter makes Violet Dimond wonder if the dream is not strictly her own. Read by Joanna Tope.

By Patricia Ferguson

Read by Joanna Tope

Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the new novel by Orange Prize listed author Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who changes their lives.

Violet Dimond has a terrible nightmare about her dead daughter but wonders if the dream may not strictly be her own.

Abridged by Robin Brooks

Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane.

15 minutes

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Tue 8 Mar 2016 02:00
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