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Feb 2023
27m 14s

Your dad, my dad

Bbc World Service
About this episode

Marian’s dad left when she was little. Now, she’s giving her daughter “the most special gift”. She looks at her husband and daughter playing together and it means so much to her. That is the inspiration for her letter. Season two of Dear Daughter begins with a story of two fathers and two daughters, which starts during the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Letter writer: Marian

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