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Miranda Rae on the challenges of being a single parent

Miranda Rae meets Josephine Pepper to explore the challenges of being a single mum trying to raise three young children on her own, following the death of her husband from cancer.

Miranda Rae is a single mum with a young son who is 9 years old. Life is far from easy for any single parent, but in this programme Miranda meets mother-of-three, Josephine Pepper, who found herself on her own with 3 children under the age of three, when her husband died of cancer. Despite her grief at the death of her husband, Josephine's story is one of remarkable courage, resilience and joy in her children and in life itself. Producer Sarah Blunt.

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Wed 8 Mar 2017 12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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