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Andrew Motion reads from 'In The Blood'

2008

Speakers: Andrew Motion

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Andrew motion reads a short excerpt from his memoir In The Blood (2006). The memoir starts and finishes with the tragic early death of his mother in a hunting accident, and in between traces the author's life before this turning point in his life.

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