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A deeply moving and highly original book about the sudden loss of a loved one. With Toby Jones, John Hollingworth and Will Taylor.
Max Porter’s astonishing debut, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, tells of a family who suddenly lose their wife and mother. Dad, a Ted Hughes scholar, struggles to cope until an unexpected visitor arrives. Crow – therapist, healer, feathered Mary Poppins – promises to stay until they no longer need him.
Crow ….. Toby Jones
Dad …. John Hollingworth
Boy ….. Will Taylor
Abridged by Eileen Horne
Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane
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Mon 23 Nov 2020
22:45
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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