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Nov 2020
21m 28s

6. The funeral

Bbc World Service
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<p>Love, flashes of anger and remembering funny things. It's the first time Sophie has nothing to do except sit since her husband died. And she looks like Jackie Kennedy at JFK’s funeral. A Falling Tree production for the BBC World Service.</p> 
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