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Mary is certain that anybody can do anything, especially her sister Betty, who leaves her husband and his chicken ranch and returns to her warm and noisy family in Seattle.
Debora Weston reads Betty MacDonald's comic novel about life as a single mother in America during the Great Depression.
Mary is certain that anybody can do anything, especially her sister Betty, who leaves her husband and his chicken ranch and returns to the bosom of her warm and noisy family in Seattle.
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- Mon 13 Apr 2009 22:45麻豆社 Radio 4
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