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The Weeping Child by Jane Gardam

"I have seen a ghost... it was the ghost of someone who is still alive." Read by Marion Reed.

*** BBC Radio 4 Extra marks the first anniversary of the death of author Jane Gardam aged 96 on 28th April 2025

"I have seen a ghost... it was the ghost of someone who is still alive."

Mrs Ingham visits her daughter in Jamaica every other year at the end of Jan.

Marion Reed reads Jane Gardam's short story.

Producer: Rob Ketteridge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.

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