Jeanette Winterson reading from Lighthousekeeping

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Indulge your senses in one of my favourite authors and a treasure of our generation, Jeanetter Winterson, reading from her book, Lighthousekeeping. Click: LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING for the audiocast.

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