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Women of the World

Women of the World

Kim Chakanetsa talks to the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien

The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service

April 11, 202050m 6s

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Show Notes

Kim Chakanetsa for an hour of conversation with the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien. Isabel talks about finding love in her 70s and how she is coping with isolation and Covid-19. Edna, now 89, talks about her latest Novel, Girl, which took her to Nigeria - and she too discusses dealing with loneliness and the power of literature in the midst of crisis.