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Book of the Week Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 Now in her 70s and still fiercely independent, Penelope is finally solvent.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 For her second novel, The Bookshop, Penelope relives memories of Southwold.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 The family is now homeless but Penelope is determined to rebuild their lives.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 The Fitzgeralds appear quite the golden couple. But things begin to fall apart.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 After an unhappy early school life, Oxford beckons and Penelope flourishes.