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Episode 2

Debora Weston reads Betty MacDonald's comic novel about life as a single mother in America during the Great Depression.

Mary gets Betty a job as a shorthand typist, but she does not know shorthand and cannot type.

15 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Apr 2009 22:45

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  • Tue 14 Apr 2009 22:45

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